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There were 46 white students enrolled in Depue Community Unit School District 103 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Depue Community Unit School District 103 welcomed 429 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 13.9% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Depue Community Unit School District 103 roughly covers schools within Bureau County and has a main office in Depue.

Among the two schools in Depue Community Unit School District 103, DePue Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 32 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	332	46	13.9%
2021	327	44	13.5%
2020	365	48	13.2%
2019	399	67	16.8%
2018	429	76	17.7%