Kendall County Times

There were 150 white students enrolled in Newark Community High School District 18 in the 2021-22 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Newark Community High School District 18 welcomed 168 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Newark Community High School District 18 roughly covers schools within Kendall County and has a main office in Newark.

Newark Community High School is the only one school in the Newark Community High School District 18 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 150 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	165	150	90.9%
2021	168	153	91.1%
2020	154	142	92.2%
2019	168	155	92.3%
2018	168	160	95.2%