South Cook News

There were 168,886 white students enrolled in Cook County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 24.8% of the 681,774 students in Cook County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity.

Among the 152 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 35,639 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Cook County.

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 3% 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.

District	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	10.9%	327,338
Township High School District 214	51.9%	11,907
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	38.9%	14,957
Consolidated High School District 230	72.2%	7,644
Township High School District 211	42%	11,981
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	38.5%	11,080
Arlington Heights School District 25	75.8%	5,278
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	80.6%	4,563
Orland School District 135	71.3%	5,149
Maine Township High School District 207	54.7%	6,199
Northfield Township High School District 225	63.8%	5,096
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	54%	5,532
New Trier Township High School District 203	76.6%	3,846
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	41.1%	6,661
Lyons Township High School District 204	67.6%	3,919
Kirby School District 140	74.9%	3,487
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	58.1%	4,281
Wilmette School District 39	74.4%	3,342
North Palos School District 117	72.3%	3,360
Community Consolidated School District 59	37.7%	5,808
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	83.4%	2,395
La Grange School District 102	66.5%	2,962
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	32.2%	5,794
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	55.2%	3,329
Niles Township Community High School District 219	39%	4,556
Mount Prospect School District 57	76.7%	2,247
Evanston Township High School District 202	45.1%	3,653
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	38.1%	4,213
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	77.9%	2,017
Community High School District 218	29.3%	5,341
Community Consolidated School District 146	64.8%	2,307
Winnetka School District 36	89.1%	1,609
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	43.7%	3,277
Northbrook School District 28	76.2%	1,815
Bremen Community High School District 228	26.2%	5,038
Western Springs School District 101	88.5%	1,484
Ridgeland School District 122	56.2%	2,300
Indian Springs School District 109	52.5%	2,413
Burbank School District 111	34.8%	3,232
Lemont Township High School District 210	79.6%	1,364
East Maine School District 63	30.1%	3,458
Glencoe School District 35	84.1%	1,200
Riverside School District 96	59.3%	1,660
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	33.9%	2,788
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	52%	1,814
Prospect Heights School District 23	63.4%	1,462
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	64.9%	1,375
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	66.8%	1,309
River Forest School District 90	62.7%	1,387
River Trails School District 26	56.1%	1,499
Forest Ridge School District 142	55.5%	1,473
Leyden Community High School District 212	24%	3,392
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	49.9%	1,625
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	60%	1,311
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	77.9%	982
Norridge School District 80	71.8%	1,052
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	54.8%	1,249
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	37%	1,796
Worth School District 127	65%	1,018
Reavis Township High School District 220	33.3%	1,983
La Grange School District 105 South	51.3%	1,192
Argo Community High School District 217	31%	1,886
Pleasantdale School District 107	71.1%	820
Lincolnwood School District 74	47.6%	1,219
Palos Heights School District 128	76.3%	726
Schiller Park School District 81	42.2%	1,309
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	36.5%	1,478
Skokie School District 68	32.7%	1,645
Skokie School District 69	30.6%	1,733
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	61.4%	784
Arbor Park School District 145	43.8%	1,087
Homewood School District 153	23.9%	1,892
Union Ridge School District 86	66.8%	648
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	14.6%	2,720
Midlothian School District 143	25.4%	1,561
Skokie School District 73-5	37.9%	1,044
Kenilworth School District 38	83.8%	464
Cook County School District 130	12.7%	3,023
Sunset Ridge School District 29	81.9%	465
West Northfield School District 31	41.9%	907
Morton Grove School District 70	42.2%	854
Avoca School District 37	49.8%	721
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	4.5%	7,890
Niles Elementary School District 71	55.7%	630
Fairview School District 72	46.5%	703
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	34.8%	933
Lyons School District 103	15.2%	2,121
Steger School District 194	22.3%	1,438
Golf Elementary School District 67	46.8%	684
Franklin Park School District 84	25.4%	1,247
Westchester School District 92-5	29.8%	1,014
Pennoyer School District 79	72.1%	401
Flossmoor School District 161	11.8%	2,267
Berwyn South School District 100	8.1%	3,103
River Grove School District 85-5	37.1%	668
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	6.8%	3,238
Mannheim School District 83	8.8%	2,409
Lansing School District 158	8.3%	2,541
Bloom Township High School District 206	6.7%	2,888
East Prairie School District 73	35.2%	543
Atwood Heights School District 125	31.7%	574
Forest Park School District 91	25%	700
Willow Springs School District 108	40.9%	357
Komarek School District 94	29%	490
Rosemont Elementary School District 78	66.4%	211
Proviso Township High School District 209	2.4%	4,415
Berwyn North School District 98	4.1%	2,504
Chicago Heights School District 170	3.5%	2,654
Summit School District 104	6%	1,515
Rhodes School District 84-5	16.4%	529
Berkeley School District 87	3.3%	2,312
Cicero School District 99	0.7%	9,228
Thornton School District 154	27%	233
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	2.1%	2,582
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	1.2%	4,258
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	4.8%	863
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	7%	569
Sandridge School District 172	10.6%	359
Central Stickney School District 110	11.1%	315
Rich Township High School District 227	1.3%	2,595
Park Forest School District 163	2.2%	1,480
Community Consolidated School District 168	2.5%	1,262
Sunnybrook School District 171	3%	960
Matteson Elementary School District 162	1.1%	2,362
Brookwood School District 167	2.3%	1,065
Elementary School District 159	1.4%	1,661
Dolton School District 148	1.2%	1,894
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	1.8%	1,190
Thornton Township High School District 205	0.5%	4,584
Country Club Hills School District 160	1.5%	1,236
Calumet City School District 155	1.1%	958
Bellwood School District 88	0.5%	2,129
Southland College Prep Charter High School	1.9%	575
Hillside School District 93	2.5%	407
South Holland School District 151	0.7%	1,512
Ford Heights School District 169	0%	433
Harvey School District 152	0%	1,647
Hazel Crest School District 152-5	0%	849
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157	0%	836
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont	0%	555
Calumet Public School District 132	0%	959
Burnham School District 154-5	0%	166
Lincoln Elementary School District 156	0%	779
Lindop School District 92	0%	381
South Holland School District 150	0%	808
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147	0%	754
Dolton School District 149	0%	2,242
General George Patton School District 133	0%	210
Urban Prep West Charter School	0%	91
ACE Amandla Charter School	0%	126
Betty Shabazz International Charter School	0%	558
Bronzeville Academy Charter School	0%	339