McHenry Times

There were 1,662 white students enrolled in Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 welcomed 2,478 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 roughly covers schools within McHenry County and has a main office in Cary.

Among the five schools in Cary Community Consolidated School District 26, Cary Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 537 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	2,350	1,662	70.7%
2021	2,280	1,643	72.1%
2020	2,460	1,780	72.4%
2019	2,493	1,823	73.1%
2018	2,478	1,815	73.2%