Illinois Valley Times

There were 63 white students enrolled in Lostant Community Unit School District 425 in the 2021-22 school year, 18.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lostant Community Unit School District 425 welcomed 59 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 100.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lostant Community Unit School District 425 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Lostant.

Lostant Elementary School is the only one school in the Lostant Community Unit School District 425 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 63 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	63	63	100%
2021	53	53	100%
2020	56	56	100%
2019	64	60	93.8%
2018	59	53	89.8%