Grundy Reporter

There were 1,772 white students enrolled in Coal City Community Unit School District 1 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Coal City Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 2,230 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Coal City Community Unit School District 1 roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Coal City.

Among the five schools in Coal City Community Unit School District 1, Coal City High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 526 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	2,056	1,772	86.2%
2021	2,078	1,794	86.3%
2020	2,175	1,890	86.9%
2019	2,185	1,936	88.6%
2018	2,230	1,986	89.1%