South Cook News

There were 194 white students enrolled in Bloom Township High School District 206 in the 2021-22 school year, 6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Bloom Township High School District 206 welcomed 3,075 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 6.7% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Bloom Township High School District 206 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Chicago Heights.

Among the two schools in Bloom Township High School District 206, Bloom Trail High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 121 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	2,888	194	6.7%
2021	2,832	183	6.5%
2020	2,788	208	7.5%
2019	2,995	222	7.4%
2018	3,075	275	8.9%