Rock Island Today

There were 1,224 white students enrolled in Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 welcomed 1,969 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 64.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Kewanee Community Unit School District 229 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Kewanee.

Among the seven schools in Kewanee Community Unit School District 229, Kewanee High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 375 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	1,905	1,224	64.3%
2021	1,888	1,207	63.9%
2020	1,975	1,339	67.8%
2019	2,037	1,373	67.4%
2018	1,969	1,339	68%