Grundy Reporter

There were 74 white students enrolled in South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 welcomed 87 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in South Wilmington.

South Wilmington Grade School is the only one school in the South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 74 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	79	74	93.7%
2021	76	73	96.1%
2020	77	75	97.4%
2019	85	82	96.5%
2018	87	86	98.9%