South Cook News

There were 325 white students enrolled in Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 welcomed 844 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 34.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Evergreen Park.

Evergreen Park High School is the only one school in the Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 325 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	933	325	34.8%
2021	851	315	37%
2020	819	317	38.7%
2019	819	333	40.7%
2018	844	372	44.1%