Rock Island Today

There were 441 white students enrolled in Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 welcomed 478 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 98.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Cambridge Community Unit School District 227 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Cambridge.

Among the two schools in Cambridge Community Unit School District 227, Cambridge Community Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 228 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	449	441	98.2%
2021	441	425	96.4%
2020	468	456	97.4%
2019	482	455	94.4%
2018	478	458	95.8%