South Cook News

There were 31 white students enrolled in Community Consolidated School District 168 in the 2021-22 school year, 11.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Community Consolidated School District 168 welcomed 1,414 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Community Consolidated School District 168 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Sauk Village.

Among the three schools in Community Consolidated School District 168, Strassburg Elementary recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 12 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	1,262	31	2.5%
2021	1,289	35	2.7%
2020	1,300	49	3.8%
2019	1,346	46	3.4%
2018	1,414	51	3.6%