IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 welcomed 1,170 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Mendota.
Among the three schools in Mendota Community Consolidated School District 289, Northbrook School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 255 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 % |
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2022 | 1,013 | 547 | 54% |
2021 | 1,046 | 566 | 54.1% |
2020 | 1,081 | 579 | 53.6% |
2019 | 1,102 | 598 | 54.3% |
2018 | 1,170 | 648 | 55.4% |