Rock Island Today

There were 426 white students enrolled in Galva Community Unit School District 224 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Galva Community Unit School District 224 welcomed 519 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Galva Community Unit School District 224 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Galva.

Among the two schools in Galva Community Unit School District 224, Galva Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 239 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	465	426	91.6%
2021	472	441	93.4%
2020	488	450	92.2%
2019	511	479	93.7%
2018	519	489	94.2%