Will County Gazette

There were 172 white students enrolled in Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 welcomed 340 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 67.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Elwood.

Elwood C.C. School is the only one school in the Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 172 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	256	172	67.2%
2021	255	188	73.7%
2020	296	226	76.4%
2019	330	248	75.2%
2018	340	268	78.8%