Illinois Valley Times

There were 54 white students enrolled in Deer Park Community Consolidated School District 82 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Deer Park Community Consolidated School District 82 welcomed 99 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Deer Park Community Consolidated School District 82 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Ottawa.

Deer Park C.C. Elementary School is the only one school in the Deer Park Community Consolidated School District 82 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 54 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	54	85.7%
2021	69	59	85.5%
2020	79	64	81%
2019	77	64	83.1%
2018	99	85	85.9%