Rock Island Today

There were 984 white students enrolled in Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 welcomed 1,172 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 roughly covers schools within Rock Island County and has a main office in Port Byron.

Among the three schools in Riverdale Community Unit School District 100, Riverdale Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 466 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	1,087	984	90.5%
2021	1,108	1,007	90.9%
2020	1,152	1,062	92.2%
2019	1,167	1,094	93.7%
2018	1,172	1,084	92.5%