Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that Cook County School District 130 welcomed 3,711 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 12.7% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.
Cook County School District 130 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Blue Island.
Among the 11 schools in Cook County School District 130, Nathan Hale Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 105 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 % |
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2022 | 3,023 | 385 | 12.7% |
2021 | 3,188 | 461 | 14.5% |
2020 | 3,433 | 516 | 15% |
2019 | 3,584 | 561 | 15.7% |
2018 | 3,711 | 549 | 14.8% |