Will County Gazette

There were 1,107 white students enrolled in Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U in the 2021-22 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U welcomed 1,500 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Braidwood.

Among the three schools in Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U, Reed-Custer Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 500 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	1,298	1,107	85.3%
2021	1,271	1,093	86%
2020	1,341	1,174	87.5%
2019	1,477	1,287	87.1%
2018	1,500	1,318	87.9%