Peoria Standard

There were 283 white students enrolled in Astoria Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Astoria Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 351 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 98.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Astoria Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Fulton County and has a main office in Astoria.

Among the three schools in Astoria Community Unit School District 1, Astoria Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 133 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	288	283	98.3%
2021	295	289	98%
2020	314	306	97.5%
2019	338	331	97.9%
2018	351	344	98%