Grundy Reporter

There were 557 white students enrolled in Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C in the 2021-22 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C welcomed 805 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 71.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Morris.

Saratoga Elementary School is the only one school in the Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 557 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	782	557	71.2%
2021	744	543	73%
2020	797	586	73.5%
2019	794	587	73.9%
2018	805	602	74.8%