Southern Illinois News

There were 128 white students enrolled in Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District 16 welcomed 147 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.8% 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 2021-22 school year, with a total of 128 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	138	128	92.8%
2021	131	123	93.9%
2020	153	142	92.8%
2019	153	143	93.5%
2018	147	136	92.5%