Chambana Sun

There were 1,070 white students enrolled in Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 welcomed 1,356 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10 roughly covers schools within Ford County and has a main office in Paxton.

Among the three schools in Paxton-Buckley-Loda Community Unit School District 10, Clara Peterson Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 465 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	1,276	1,070	83.9%
2021	1,280	1,109	86.6%
2020	1,305	1,172	89.8%
2019	1,357	1,225	90.3%
2018	1,356	1,217	89.7%