West Central Reporter

There were 396 white students enrolled in Warsaw Community Unit School District 316 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Warsaw Community Unit School District 316 welcomed 416 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Warsaw Community Unit School District 316 roughly covers schools within Hancock County and has a main office in Warsaw.

Among the two schools in Warsaw Community Unit School District 316, Warsaw Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 206 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	413	396	95.9%
2021	411	390	94.9%
2020	380	360	94.7%
2019	401	377	94%
2018	416	402	96.6%