Grundy Reporter

There were 146 white students enrolled in Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C in the 2021-22 school year, 4.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C welcomed 193 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C roughly covers schools within Grundy County and has a main office in Gardner.

Gardner Elementary School is the only one school in the Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 146 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	155	146	94.2%
2021	168	153	91.1%
2020	173	158	91.3%
2019	175	161	92%
2018	193	174	90.2%