Peoria Standard

There were 302 white students enrolled in Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21 welcomed 339 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21 roughly covers schools within Woodford County and has a main office in Washburn.

Among the two schools in Lowpoint Washburn Community Unit School District 21, Lowpoint-Washburn Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 173 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	317	302	95.3%
2021	306	289	94.4%
2020	340	324	95.3%
2019	350	333	95.1%
2018	339	321	94.7%