Grundy Reporter

There were 614 white students enrolled in Morris Community High School District 101 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Morris Community High School District 101 welcomed 878 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 72.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Morris Community High School District 101 roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Morris.

Morris Community High School is the only one school in the Morris Community High School District 101 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 614 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	843	614	72.8%
2021	853	632	74.1%
2020	858	644	75.1%
2019	940	715	76.1%
2018	878	668	76.1%