DeKalb Times

There were 643 white students enrolled in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 welcomed 815 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Somonauk.

Among the three schools in Somonauk Community Unit School District 432, James R. Wood Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 230 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	743	643	86.5%
2021	733	646	88.1%
2020	806	705	87.5%
2019	827	714	86.3%
2018	815	720	88.3%