Chambana Sun

There were 1,176 white students enrolled in Urbana School District 116 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Urbana School District 116 welcomed 4,590 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 27.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Urbana School District 116 roughly covers schools within Champaign County and has a main office in Urbana.

Among the nine schools in Urbana School District 116, Urbana High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 379 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	4,208	1,176	27.9%
2021	4,002	1,183	29.6%
2020	4,421	1,353	30.6%
2019	4,566	1,436	31.4%
2018	4,590	1,534	33.4%