Peoria Standard

There were 239 white students enrolled in Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 in the 2021-22 school year, 10.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 welcomed 337 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.

Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4 roughly covers schools within Fulton County and has a main office in London Mills.

Among the three schools in Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4, Spoon River Valley Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 110 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	254	239	94.1%
2021	282	266	94.3%
2020	297	282	94.9%
2019	323	309	95.7%
2018	337	325	96.4%