Rockford Sun

There were 1,040 white students enrolled in Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 in the 2021-22 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 welcomed 1,371 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 roughly covers schools within Winnebago County and has a main office in Winnebago.

Among the four schools in Winnebago Community Unit School District 323, Winnebago High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 348 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	1,253	1,040	83%
2021	1,265	1,061	83.9%
2020	1,340	1,123	83.8%
2019	1,371	1,150	83.9%
2018	1,371	1,155	84.2%