There were 115 white students enrolled in Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 in the 2024-25 school year, 3.4% fewer than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Data showed that Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 welcomed 125 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 roughly covers schools within Union County and has a main office in Buncombe.
Lick Creek Elementary School is the only one school in the Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 115 students.
Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.
Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 125 | 115 | 92% |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 119 | 93% |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 130 | 94.2% |
| 2021-22 | 138 | 128 | 92.8% |
| 2020-21 | 131 | 123 | 93.9% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.
