Kendall County Times

There were 2,387 Black students enrolled in Kendall County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 9.1% of the 26,317 students in Kendall County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity.

Among the six districts in Kendall County, Oswego Community Unit School District 308 recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,679 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Kendall County.

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 3% 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.

District	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Oswego Community Unit School District 308	10	16,873
Yorkville Community Unit School District 115	7.4	6,596
Plano Community Unit School District 88	9.4	2,351
Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90	0	106
Newark Community Consolidated School District 66	0	226
Newark Community High School District 18	0	165