Illinois Valley Times

There were 864 white students enrolled in Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 welcomed 1,118 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340 roughly covers schools within Bureau County and has a main office in Manlius.

Among the four schools in Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340, Bureau Valley High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 288 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	960	864	90%
2021	973	888	91.3%
2020	1,051	969	92.2%
2019	1,089	1,006	92.4%
2018	1,118	1,034	92.5%