Chambana Sun

There were 248 white students enrolled in Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 welcomed 276 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 96.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197 roughly covers schools within Champaign County and has a main office in Royal.

Among the three schools in Prairieview-Ogden Community Consolidated School District 197, Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 115 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	257	248	96.5%
2021	242	237	97.9%
2020	247	242	98%
2019	280	271	96.8%
2018	276	263	95.3%