IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Data showed that Richland Grade School District 88A welcomed 933 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 27.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
Richland Grade School District 88A roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Crest Hill.
Richland Elementary School is the only one school in the Richland Grade School District 88A that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 233 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 | 844 | 233 | 27.6% |
2021 | 830 | 247 | 29.8% |
2020 | 880 | 277 | 31.5% |
2019 | 911 | 316 | 34.7% |
2018 | 933 | 357 | 38.3% |