McLean County Times

There were 401 white students enrolled in Woodland Community Unit School District 5 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Woodland Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 520 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Woodland Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Livingston County and has a main office in Streator.

Among the two schools in Woodland Community Unit School District 5, Woodland Elementary/Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 271 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	442	401	90.7%
2021	441	408	92.5%
2020	484	449	92.8%
2019	536	498	92.9%
2018	520	493	94.8%