South Cook News

There were 1,432 white students enrolled in Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 welcomed 3,301 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 43.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Oak Lawn.

Among the six schools in Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 460 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	3,277	1,432	43.7%
2021	3,266	1,478	45.3%
2020	3,280	1,627	49.6%
2019	3,323	1,698	51.1%
2018	3,301	1,761	53.3%