South Cook News

There were 397 white students enrolled in Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 in the 2021-22 school year, 11.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 welcomed 2,814 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 14.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Flossmoor.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School is the only one school in the Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 397 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	2,720	397	14.6%
2021	2,782	448	16.1%
2020	2,796	480	17.2%
2019	2,815	516	18.3%
2018	2,814	527	18.7%