Kendall County Times

There were 183 white students enrolled in Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 welcomed 265 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Newark Community Consolidated School District 66 roughly covers schools within Kendall County and has a main office in Newark.

Among the two schools in Newark Community Consolidated School District 66, Millbrook Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 93 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	226	183	81%
2021	223	192	86.1%
2020	234	203	86.8%
2019	262	228	87%
2018	265	235	88.7%