Metro East Sun

There were 478 white students enrolled in Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15 in the 2021-22 school year, 6.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15 welcomed 722 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 80.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Wood River.

Among the three schools in Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15, Lewis-Clark Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 190 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	594	478	80.5%
2021	612	513	83.8%
2020	705	612	86.8%
2019	710	626	88.2%
2018	722	648	89.8%