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There were 845 white students enrolled in Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 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 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 1,010 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Ford County and has a main office in Gibson City.

Among the three schools in Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Community Unit School District 5, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 414 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	957	845	88.3%
2021	945	850	89.9%
2020	999	907	90.8%
2019	1,008	917	91%
2018	1,010	930	92.1%