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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 24.8% of Cook County’s districts student body in 2021-22 school year

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Township High School District 214 Principal Dr. Scott Rowe (2023) | Township High School District 214

Township High School District 214 Principal Dr. Scott Rowe (2023) | Township High School District 214

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.

Ethnicities in Cook County in 2021-22 School Year
Hispanic [39.2%]Black [26.6%]White [24.8%]Asian [6.2%]Ethnicities <5 [3.1%]
Enrollment Demographics in Cook County Districts During 2021-22 School Year
District% of white students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Chicago Public School District 29910.9%327,338
Township High School District 21451.9%11,907
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 5438.9%14,957
Consolidated High School District 23072.2%7,644
Township High School District 21142%11,981
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 1538.5%11,080
Arlington Heights School District 2575.8%5,278
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 6480.6%4,563
Orland School District 13571.3%5,149
Maine Township High School District 20754.7%6,199
Northfield Township High School District 22563.8%5,096
Oak Park Elementary School District 9754%5,532
New Trier Township High School District 20376.6%3,846
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 6541.1%6,661
Lyons Township High School District 20467.6%3,919
Kirby School District 14074.9%3,487
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 3458.1%4,281
Wilmette School District 3974.4%3,342
North Palos School District 11772.3%3,360
Community Consolidated School District 5937.7%5,808
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A83.4%2,395
La Grange School District 10266.5%2,962
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 2132.2%5,794
Oak Park and River Forest District 20055.2%3,329
Niles Township Community High School District 21939%4,556
Mount Prospect School District 5776.7%2,247
Evanston Township High School District 20245.1%3,653
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 6238.1%4,213
Palos Community Consolidated School District 11877.9%2,017
Community High School District 21829.3%5,341
Community Consolidated School District 14664.8%2,307
Winnetka School District 3689.1%1,609
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 12343.7%3,277
Northbrook School District 2876.2%1,815
Bremen Community High School District 22826.2%5,038
Western Springs School District 10188.5%1,484
Ridgeland School District 12256.2%2,300
Indian Springs School District 10952.5%2,413
Burbank School District 11134.8%3,232
Lemont Township High School District 21079.6%1,364
East Maine School District 6330.1%3,458
Glencoe School District 3584.1%1,200
Riverside School District 9659.3%1,660
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 40133.9%2,788
Oak Lawn Community High School District 22952%1,814
Prospect Heights School District 2363.4%1,462
Chicago Ridge School District 127-564.9%1,375
Northbrook Elementary School District 2766.8%1,309
River Forest School District 9062.7%1,387
River Trails School District 2656.1%1,499
Forest Ridge School District 14255.5%1,473
Leyden Community High School District 21224%3,392
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 20849.9%1,625
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 9560%1,311
LaGrange Highlands School District 10677.9%982
Norridge School District 8071.8%1,052
Northbrook/Glenview School District 3054.8%1,249
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 12437%1,796
Worth School District 12765%1,018
Reavis Township High School District 22033.3%1,983
La Grange School District 105 South51.3%1,192
Argo Community High School District 21731%1,886
Pleasantdale School District 10771.1%820
Lincolnwood School District 7447.6%1,219
Palos Heights School District 12876.3%726
Schiller Park School District 8142.2%1,309
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 12636.5%1,478
Skokie School District 6832.7%1,645
Skokie School District 6930.6%1,733
Ridgewood Community High School District 23461.4%784
Arbor Park School District 14543.8%1,087
Homewood School District 15323.9%1,892
Union Ridge School District 8666.8%648
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 23314.6%2,720
Midlothian School District 14325.4%1,561
Skokie School District 73-537.9%1,044
Kenilworth School District 3883.8%464
Cook County School District 13012.7%3,023
Sunset Ridge School District 2981.9%465
West Northfield School District 3141.9%907
Morton Grove School District 7042.2%854
Avoca School District 3749.8%721
J. Sterling Morton High School District 2014.5%7,890
Niles Elementary School District 7155.7%630
Fairview School District 7246.5%703
Evergreen Park Community High School District 23134.8%933
Lyons School District 10315.2%2,121
Steger School District 19422.3%1,438
Golf Elementary School District 6746.8%684
Franklin Park School District 8425.4%1,247
Westchester School District 92-529.8%1,014
Pennoyer School District 7972.1%401
Flossmoor School District 16111.8%2,267
Berwyn South School District 1008.1%3,103
River Grove School District 85-537.1%668
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 2156.8%3,238
Mannheim School District 838.8%2,409
Lansing School District 1588.3%2,541
Bloom Township High School District 2066.7%2,888
East Prairie School District 7335.2%543
Atwood Heights School District 12531.7%574
Forest Park School District 9125%700
Willow Springs School District 10840.9%357
Komarek School District 9429%490
Rosemont Elementary School District 7866.4%211
Proviso Township High School District 2092.4%4,415
Berwyn North School District 984.1%2,504
Chicago Heights School District 1703.5%2,654
Summit School District 1046%1,515
Rhodes School District 84-516.4%529
Berkeley School District 873.3%2,312
Cicero School District 990.7%9,228
Thornton School District 15427%233
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 1442.1%2,582
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 891.2%4,258
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park4.8%863
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School7%569
Sandridge School District 17210.6%359
Central Stickney School District 11011.1%315
Rich Township High School District 2271.3%2,595
Park Forest School District 1632.2%1,480
Community Consolidated School District 1682.5%1,262
Sunnybrook School District 1713%960
Matteson Elementary School District 1621.1%2,362
Brookwood School District 1672.3%1,065
Elementary School District 1591.4%1,661
Dolton School District 1481.2%1,894
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-51.8%1,190
Thornton Township High School District 2050.5%4,584
Country Club Hills School District 1601.5%1,236
Calumet City School District 1551.1%958
Bellwood School District 880.5%2,129
Southland College Prep Charter High School1.9%575
Hillside School District 932.5%407
South Holland School District 1510.7%1,512
Ford Heights School District 1690%433
Harvey School District 1520%1,647
Hazel Crest School District 152-50%849
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 1570%836
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont0%555
Calumet Public School District 1320%959
Burnham School District 154-50%166
Lincoln Elementary School District 1560%779
Lindop School District 920%381
South Holland School District 1500%808
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 1470%754
Dolton School District 1490%2,242
General George Patton School District 1330%210
Urban Prep West Charter School0%91
ACE Amandla Charter School0%126
Betty Shabazz International Charter School0%558
Bronzeville Academy Charter School0%339

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Horizon Science Acad - McKinley Park Charter SchoolPalatine Community Consolidated School District 15 BoardForest Ridge School District 142Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157Park Forest School District 163 BoardThornton Fractional Township High School District 215Palos Community Consolidated School District 118Flossmoor School District 161 BoardCicero School District 99 BoardNiles Township Community High School District 219 BoardHarvey School District 152 BoardLindop School District 92Hillside School District 93 BoardRidgeland School District 122Golf Elementary School District 67Northbrook School District 28Ford Heights School District 169Atwood Heights School District 125Lyons Township High School District 204 BoardPalos Heights School District 128 BoardAlsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn School District 126West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147Evanston Township High School District 202Proviso Township High School District 209Oak Park - River Forest School District 200 BoardBurnham School District 154-5Hazel Crest School District 152-5Rosemont Elementary School District 78Chicago Heights School District 170Community Consolidated School District 146 BoardSandridge School District 172Prospect Heights School District 23Calumet City School District 155 BoardEast Maine School District 63Winnetka School District 36Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65Rhodes School District 84-5Urban Prep West Charter SchoolDolton School District 148East Prairie School District 73 BoardChicago Public School District 299 BoardBerkeley School District 87 BoardArbor Park School District 145Mannheim School District 83 BoardPleasantdale School District 107 BoardBremen Community High School District 228 BoardSouth Holland School District 150 BoardArlington Heights School District 25Sunnybrook School District 171Dolton School District 149Western Springs School District 101Oak Park Elementary School District 97 BoardCalumet Public School District 132 BoardRiverside Brookfield High School District 208 BoardCommunity Consolidated School District 168Brookfield School District 95 BoardWest Northfield School District 31 BoardOak Lawn Community High School District 229Steger School District 194 BoardWilmette School District 39 BoardHomewood School District 153Elmwood Park Community Unit School DistrictBurbank School District 111Rich Township High School District 227Berwyn North School District 98Township High School District 214 BoardFranklin Park School District 84Norridge School District 80 BoardSchiller Park School District 81Elementary School District 159Community Consolidated School District 62Kenilworth School District 38 BoardWillow Springs School District 108Forest Park School District 91Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89Township High School District 211Cook County School District 104South Holland School District 151 BoardLincoln Elementary School District 156Maine Township High School District 207Kirby School District 140 BoardSchaumburg School District 54Northbrook Elementary School District 27Skokie School District 68 BoardCountry Club Hills School District 160Reavis Township High School District 220Chicago Ridge School District 127-5Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21Brookwood School District 167Bloom Township High School District 206 BoardLa Grange School District 105 SouthJ. Sterling Morton High School District 201Orland School District 135 BoardNiles Elementary School District 71Thornton School District 154General George Patton School District 133Morton Grove School District 70La Grange Highlands School District 106Westchester School District 92-5 BoardPennoyer School District 79Union Ridge School District 86Consolidated High School District 230 BoardEvergreen Park Community High School District 231Komarek School District 94Northbrook/Glenview School District 30Skokie School District 73-5Glencoe School District 35 BoardNew Trier Township High School District 203 BoardLyons School District 103Lincolnwood School District 74 BoardSunset Ridge School District 29 BoardRiver Grove School District 85-5Midlothian School District 143Northfield Township High School District 225Horizon Science Academy -BelmontBellwood School District 88Mount Prospect School District 57 BoardGlenview Community Consolidated School District 34 BoardSkokie School District 69Thornton Township High School District 205Riverside School District 96Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124Avoca School District 37North Palos School District 117 BoardLeyden Community High School District 212Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144Community High School District 218Southland College Prep Charter High SchoolLemont Township High School District 210Indian Springs School District 109 BoardOak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 BoardRiver Trails School District 26Berwyn South School District 100 BoardMatteson Elementary School District 162 BoardFairview School District 72Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 BoardLansing School District 158 Board

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