West Central Reporter

There were 315 white students enrolled in Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 welcomed 382 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 98.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4 roughly covers schools within Pike County and has a main office in Griggsville.

Among the three schools in Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District 4, Griggsville-Perry Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 125 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	320	315	98.4%
2021	334	329	98.5%
2020	351	339	96.6%
2019	367	356	97%
2018	382	364	95.3%