Grundy Reporter

There were 71 white students enrolled in Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C welcomed 86 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Morris.

Nettle Creek Elementary School is the only one school in the Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 71 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	84	71	84.5%
2021	82	71	86.6%
2020	81	67	82.7%
2019	97	78	80.4%
2018	86	67	77.9%