McLean County Times

There were 1,574 white students enrolled in Olympia Community Unit School District 16 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Olympia Community Unit School District 16 welcomed 1,847 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Olympia Community Unit School District 16 roughly covers schools within McLean County and has a main office in Stanford.

Among the five schools in Olympia Community Unit School District 16, Olympia High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 458 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	1,706	1,574	92.3%
2021	1,697	1,562	92%
2020	1,783	1,654	92.8%
2019	1,826	1,709	93.6%
2018	1,847	1,719	93.1%