Rock Island Today

There were 1,213 white students enrolled in Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 welcomed 1,464 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Sherrard Community Unit School District 200 roughly covers schools within Rock Island County and has a main office in Sherrard.

Among the five schools in Sherrard Community Unit School District 200, Sherrard High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 376 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	1,351	1,213	89.8%
2021	1,344	1,195	88.9%
2020	1,421	1,272	89.5%
2019	1,405	1,271	90.5%
2018	1,464	1,323	90.4%