Peoria Standard

There were 411 white students enrolled in Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 welcomed 503 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 roughly covers schools within Woodford County and has a main office in Roanoke.

Among the three schools in Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60, Sowers Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 151 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	437	411	94.1%
2021	432	406	94%
2020	487	461	94.7%
2019	513	482	94%
2018	503	480	95.4%