Carbondale Reporter

There were 342 white students enrolled in Elverado Community Unit School District 196 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Elverado Community Unit School District 196 welcomed 413 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 roughly covers schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Elkville.

Among the four schools in Elverado Community Unit School District 196, Elverado High 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	382	342	89.5%
2021	369	330	89.4%
2020	392	356	90.8%
2019	423	390	92.2%
2018	413	386	93.5%