Grundy Reporter

There were 267 white students enrolled in Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2C in the 2021-22 school year, 15.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2C welcomed 303 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2C roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Mazon.

Among the two schools in Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2C, Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 156 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	297	267	89.9%
2021	254	231	90.9%
2020	308	282	91.6%
2019	315	296	94%
2018	303	287	94.7%