Illinois Valley Times

There were 115 white students enrolled in Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 welcomed 169 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Tonica.

Tonica Grade School is the only one school in the Tonica Community Consolidated School District 79 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 115 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	131	115	87.8%
2021	131	118	90.1%
2020	137	123	89.8%
2019	154	140	90.9%
2018	169	156	92.3%