DeKalb Times

There were 1,370 white students enrolled in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 welcomed 2,069 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 75.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Sandwich.

Among the six schools in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430, Sandwich Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 440 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	1,826	1,370	75%
2021	1,812	1,386	76.5%
2020	1,940	1,493	77%
2019	2,019	1,582	78.4%
2018	2,069	1,655	80%