Peoria Standard

There were 1,068 white students enrolled in El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 welcomed 1,227 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 roughly covers schools within Woodford County and has a main office in El Paso.

Among the four schools in El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11, El Paso-Gridley High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 349 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	1,204	1,068	88.7%
2021	1,158	1,026	88.6%
2020	1,201	1,068	88.9%
2019	1,233	1,108	89.9%
2018	1,227	1,109	90.4%