Rock Island Today

There were 6,541 white students enrolled in Henry County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 82.5% of the 7,927 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the nine districts in Henry County, Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,194 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Henry County.

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 3% 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.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Geneseo Community Unit School District 228	88.8%	2,471
Kewanee Community Unit School District 229	63.2%	1,949
Orion Community Unit School District 223	95.1%	983
Cambridge Community Unit School District 227	97.3%	450
Galva Community Unit School District 224	90.3%	464
Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230	70.7%	540
Alwood Community Unit School District 225	94.4%	360
Annawan Community Unit School District 226	90.9%	342
Colona School District 190	78.8%	368