Rock Island Today

There were 2,209 white students enrolled in Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 in the 2021-22 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 welcomed 2,623 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Geneseo.

Among the five schools in Geneseo Community Unit School District 228, Geneseo High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 750 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	2,466	2,209	89.6%
2021	2,482	2,254	90.8%
2020	2,574	2,349	91.3%
2019	2,588	2,382	92%
2018	2,623	2,416	92.1%