Will County Gazette

There were 62 white students enrolled in Rockdale School District 84 in the 2021-22 school year, 25.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Rockdale School District 84 welcomed 278 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 29.0% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Rockdale School District 84 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Rockdale.

Rockdale Elementary School is the only one school in the Rockdale School District 84 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 62 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	214	62	29%
2021	236	83	35.2%
2020	247	89	36%
2019	295	109	36.9%
2018	278	96	34.5%