Peoria Standard

There were 626 white students enrolled in Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 welcomed 708 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Illini Central Community Unit School District 189 roughly covers schools within Mason County and has a main office in Mason City.

Among the four schools in Illini Central Community Unit School District 189, Illini Central Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 256 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	664	626	94.3%
2021	655	622	95%
2020	680	646	95%
2019	698	657	94.1%
2018	708	672	94.9%