South Cook News

There were 212 white students enrolled in Lansing School District 158 in the 2021-22 school year, 26.9% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lansing School District 158 welcomed 2,633 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 8.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lansing School District 158 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Lansing.

Among the five schools in Lansing School District 158, Coolidge Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 70 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	2,541	212	8.3%
2021	2,526	290	11.5%
2020	2,700	465	17.2%
2019	2,709	362	13.4%
2018	2,633	366	13.9%