East Central Reporter

There were 559 white students enrolled in Oblong Community Unit School District 4 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Oblong Community Unit School District 4 welcomed 612 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Oblong Community Unit School District 4 roughly covers schools within Crawford County and has a main office in Oblong.

Among the two schools in Oblong Community Unit School District 4, Oblong Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 390 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	578	559	96.7%
2021	570	554	97.2%
2020	594	566	95.3%
2019	604	578	95.7%
2018	612	576	94.1%