Huntley Community School District 158 Principal Jessica Lombard (2023) | Huntley Community School District 158
Huntley Community School District 158 Principal Jessica Lombard (2023) | Huntley Community School District 158
Data showed that white students made up 67.7% of the 45,566 students in McHenry County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.
Among the 18 districts in McHenry County, Huntley Community School District 158 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 6,105 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with McHenry County.
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 3% 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.
| District | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Huntley Community School District 158 | 71.1% | 8,590 |
| Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 | 67.7% | 6,973 |
| Community High School District 155 | 74.8% | 5,583 |
| Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 | 55.9% | 6,167 |
| McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 | 68.8% | 4,029 |
| Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 | 70.7% | 2,350 |
| McHenry Community High School District 156 | 73.2% | 2,185 |
| Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 | 85.7% | 1,662 |
| Nippersink School District 2 | 85.4% | 1,100 |
| Marengo-Union Elementary Consolidated District 165 | 66.6% | 1,007 |
| Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | 26.5% | 2,502 |
| Prairie Grove Community School District 46 | 85.4% | 769 |
| Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 | 83% | 565 |
| Marengo Community High School District 154 | 70.2% | 655 |
| Fox River Grove Consolidated School District 3 | 80% | 395 |
| Alden Hebron School District 19 | 76.2% | 407 |
| Harrison School District 36 | 70% | 357 |
| Riley Community Consolidated School District 18 | 78.9% | 270 |
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