McHenry Times

There were 213 white students enrolled in Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 in the 2021-22 school year, 6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 welcomed 291 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 78.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 roughly covers schools within McHenry County and has a main office in Marengo.

Riley Community Consolidated School is the only one school in the Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 213 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	270	213	78.9%
2021	258	201	77.9%
2020	277	220	79.4%
2019	301	239	79.4%
2018	291	224	77%