Illinois Valley Times

There were 182 white students enrolled in Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 in the 2021-22 school year, 10.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 welcomed 227 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Utica.

Waltham Elementary School is the only one school in the Waltham Community Consolidated School District 185 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 182 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	205	182	88.8%
2021	180	165	91.7%
2020	196	180	91.8%
2019	203	185	91.1%
2018	227	210	92.5%