DeKalb Times

There were 587 white students enrolled in Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 in the 2021-22 school year, 3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 welcomed 667 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Hinckley.

Among the three schools in Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429, Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 280 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	700	587	83.9%
2021	675	570	84.4%
2020	717	612	85.4%
2019	704	619	87.9%
2018	667	593	88.9%