Rockford Sun

There were 472 white students enrolled in Durand Community Unit School District 322 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Durand Community Unit School District 322 welcomed 610 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Durand Community Unit School District 322 roughly covers schools within Winnebago County and has a main office in Durand.

Among the three schools in Durand Community Unit School District 322, Durand Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 219 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	544	472	86.8%
2021	552	494	89.5%
2020	625	573	91.7%
2019	581	534	91.9%
2018	610	551	90.3%