Carbondale Reporter

There were 682 white students enrolled in Trico Community Unit School District 176 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Trico Community Unit School District 176 welcomed 964 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Trico Community Unit School District 176 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Campbell Hill.

Among the three schools in Trico Community Unit School District 176, Trico Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 329 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	800	682	85.3%
2021	793	687	86.6%
2020	892	783	87.8%
2019	944	826	87.5%
2018	964	863	89.5%