Rock Island Today

There were 912 white students enrolled in Orion Community Unit School District 223 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Orion Community Unit School District 223 welcomed 1,061 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 94.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Orion Community Unit School District 223 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Orion.

Among the three schools in Orion Community Unit School District 223, C.R. Hanna Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 431 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	965	912	94.5%
2021	963	905	94%
2020	976	923	94.6%
2019	1,046	986	94.3%
2018	1,061	1,001	94.3%