Macon Reporter

There were 465 white students enrolled in Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 welcomed 507 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302 roughly covers schools within Moultrie County and has a main office in Bethany.

Among the three schools in Okaw Valley Community Unit School District 302, Okaw Valley Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 182 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	481	465	96.7%
2021	490	476	97.1%
2020	501	481	96%
2019	519	500	96.3%
2018	507	488	96.3%