South Cook News

There were 1,086 white students enrolled in Lemont Township High School District 210 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lemont Township High School District 210 welcomed 1,418 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 79.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lemont Township High School District 210 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Lemont.

Lemont Township High School is the only one school in the Lemont Township High School District 210 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,086 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	1,364	1,086	79.6%
2021	1,390	1,122	80.7%
2020	1,378	1,118	81.1%
2019	1,367	1,121	82%
2018	1,418	1,145	80.7%