South Central Reporter

There were 153 white students enrolled in Willow Grove School District 46 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Willow Grove School District 46 welcomed 157 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Willow Grove School District 46 roughly covers schools within Clinton County and has a main office in Centralia.

Willow Grove Elementary School is the only one school in the Willow Grove School District 46 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 153 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	169	153	90.5%
2021	169	152	89.9%
2020	171	148	86.5%
2019	181	161	89%
2018	157	142	90.4%