Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website
Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website
Data showed that multiracial students made up 3.6% of the 5,744 students in the county. They were the third most represented ethnicity at the time.
Among the 12 districts in Livingston County, Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 66 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Livingston 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 | multiracial Student Enrollment Percentage | Total enrollment |
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Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 429 | 6.1% | 1,086 |
Prairie Central Community Unit School District 8 | 2.7% | 1,693 |
Pontiac Township High School District 90 | 5.9% | 674 |
Dwight Common School District 232 | 4.1% | 543 |
Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J | 5.1% | 372 |
Woodland Community Unit School District 5 | 3.2% | 432 |