IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
IL Superintendent of Education Tony Sanders (2023) | Institute of Education Sciences
Data showed that Forest Ridge School District 142 welcomed 1,677 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 55.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Forest Ridge School District 142 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Oak Forest.
Among the four schools in Forest Ridge School District 142, Jack Hille Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 297 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 | 1,473 | 817 | 55.5% |
| 2021 | 1,536 | 892 | 58.1% |
| 2020 | 1,650 | 972 | 58.9% |
| 2019 | 1,668 | 1,038 | 62.2% |
| 2018 | 1,677 | 1,067 | 63.6% |
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