McHenry Times

There were 460 white students enrolled in Marengo Community High School District 154 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Marengo Community High School District 154 welcomed 701 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Marengo Community High School District 154 roughly covers schools within McHenry County and has a main office in Marengo.

Marengo High School is the only one school in the Marengo Community High School District 154 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 460 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	655	460	70.2%
2021	657	476	72.5%
2020	658	494	75.1%
2019	681	531	78%
2018	701	542	77.3%