Sangamon Sun

There were 1,913 white students enrolled in Rochester Community Unit School District 3A in the 2021-22 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Rochester Community Unit School District 3A welcomed 2,253 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Rochester Community Unit School District 3A roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Rochester.

Among the five schools in Rochester Community Unit School District 3A, Rochester High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 687 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	2,102	1,913	91%
2021	2,082	1,911	91.8%
2020	2,205	2,019	91.6%
2019	2,281	2,091	91.7%
2018	2,253	2,074	92.1%