South Cook News

There were 220 white students enrolled in Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 in the 2021-22 school year, 6.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 welcomed 3,438 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 6.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Lansing.

Among the two schools in Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215, Thornton Fractional South High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 193 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	3,238	220	6.8%
2021	3,164	207	6.5%
2020	3,356	221	6.6%
2019	3,415	249	7.3%
2018	3,438	293	8.5%