Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that Allen-Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65 welcomed 90 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Allen-Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Ransom.
Ransom Grade School is the only one school in the Allen-Otter Creek Community Consolidated School District 65 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 80 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 | 92 | 80 | 87% |
2021 | 79 | 74 | 93.7% |
2020 | 68 | 63 | 92.6% |
2019 | 70 | 66 | 94.3% |
2018 | 90 | 83 | 92.2% |