South Cook News

There were 540 white students enrolled in Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 in the 2021-22 school year, 6.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 welcomed 1,612 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 36.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Alsip.

Among the five schools in Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126, Stony Creek Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 225 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	1,478	540	36.5%
2021	1,531	575	37.6%
2020	1,599	638	39.9%
2019	1,616	683	42.3%
2018	1,612	714	44.3%