Rock Island Today

There were 949 white students enrolled in East Moline School District 37 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that East Moline School District 37 welcomed 2,738 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

East Moline School District 37 roughly covers schools within Rock Island County and has a main office in East Moline.

Among the five schools in East Moline School District 37, Glenview Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 420 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	2,527	949	37.6%
2021	2,596	994	38.3%
2020	2,714	1,087	40.1%
2019	2,731	1,077	39.4%
2018	2,738	1,086	39.7%