South Cook News

There were 559 Pacific Islander 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 Pacific Islander students made up 0.1% of the 681,774 students in Cook County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity.

Among the 152 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 485 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	0.1%	327,338
Arlington Heights School District 25	0.4%	5,278
Township High School District 211	0.1%	11,981
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	0.3%	4,563
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	0.1%	14,957
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	0.1%	11,080
Fairview School District 72	0%	703
Flossmoor School District 161	0%	2,267
Forest Park School District 91	0%	700
Ford Heights School District 169	0%	433
Forest Ridge School District 142	0%	1,473
Franklin Park School District 84	0%	1,247
Harvey School District 152	0%	1,647
Hazel Crest School District 152-5	0%	849
Hillside School District 93	0%	407
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	0%	2,720
Homewood School District 153	0%	1,892
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157	0%	836
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont	0%	555
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	0%	863
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	0%	1,814
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	0%	3,277
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	0%	3,329
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	0%	5,532
Orland School District 135	0%	5,149
Calumet City School District 155	0%	958
Calumet Public School District 132	0%	959
Community Consolidated School District 146	0%	2,307
Community Consolidated School District 168	0%	1,262
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	0%	4,213
Central Stickney School District 110	0%	315
Chicago Heights School District 170	0%	2,654
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	0%	1,375
Community High School District 218	0%	5,341
Cicero School District 99	0%	9,228
Community Consolidated School District 59	0%	5,808
Consolidated High School District 230	0%	7,644
Cook County School District 130	0%	3,023
Country Club Hills School District 160	0%	1,236
Indian Springs School District 109	0%	2,413
Union Ridge School District 86	0%	648
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	0%	1,478
Arbor Park School District 145	0%	1,087
Argo Community High School District 217	0%	1,886
Atwood Heights School District 125	0%	574
Avoca School District 37	0%	721
Bellwood School District 88	0%	2,129
Berkeley School District 87	0%	2,312
Berwyn North School District 98	0%	2,504
Berwyn South School District 100	0%	3,103
Bloom Township High School District 206	0%	2,888
Bremen Community High School District 228	0%	5,038
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	0%	1,311
Brookwood School District 167	0%	1,065
Burbank School District 111	0%	3,232
Burnham School District 154-5	0%	166
La Grange School District 102	0%	2,962
La Grange School District 105 South	0%	1,192
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	0%	982
Lansing School District 158	0%	2,541
Lemont Township High School District 210	0%	1,364
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	0%	2,395
Leyden Community High School District 212	0%	3,392
Lincoln Elementary School District 156	0%	779
Lincolnwood School District 74	0%	1,219
Lindop School District 92	0%	381
Lyons School District 103	0%	2,121
Lyons Township High School District 204	0%	3,919
East Maine School District 63	0%	3,458
East Prairie School District 73	0%	543
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	0%	2,788
Elementary School District 159	0%	1,661
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	0%	6,661
Evanston Township High School District 202	0%	3,653
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	0%	933
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	0%	1,796
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	0%	7,890
Reavis Township High School District 220	0%	1,983
Rhodes School District 84-5	0%	529
Rich Township High School District 227	0%	2,595
Ridgeland School District 122	0%	2,300
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	0%	784
River Forest School District 90	0%	1,387
River Grove School District 85-5	0%	668
River Trails School District 26	0%	1,499
Riverside School District 96	0%	1,660
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	0%	1,625
Rosemont Elementary School District 78	0%	211
New Trier Township High School District 203	0%	3,846
Niles Elementary School District 71	0%	630
Niles Township Community High School District 219	0%	4,556
Norridge School District 80	0%	1,052
North Palos School District 117	0%	3,360
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	0%	1,309
Northbrook School District 28	0%	1,815
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	0%	1,249
Northfield Township High School District 225	0%	5,096
Maine Township High School District 207	0%	6,199
Mannheim School District 83	0%	2,409
Matteson Elementary School District 162	0%	2,362
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	0%	4,258
Midlothian School District 143	0%	1,561
Morton Grove School District 70	0%	854
Mount Prospect School District 57	0%	2,247
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	0%	3,238
Thornton School District 154	0%	233
Thornton Township High School District 205	0%	4,584
Township High School District 214	0%	11,907
Kenilworth School District 38	0%	464
Kirby School District 140	0%	3,487
Komarek School District 94	0%	490
Sandridge School District 172	0%	359
Schiller Park School District 81	0%	1,309
Skokie School District 68	0%	1,645
Skokie School District 69	0%	1,733
Skokie School District 73-5	0%	1,044
South Holland School District 150	0%	808
South Holland School District 151	0%	1,512
Southland College Prep Charter High School	0%	575
Steger School District 194	0%	1,438
Summit School District 104	0%	1,515
Sunnybrook School District 171	0%	960
Sunset Ridge School District 29	0%	465
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	0%	2,017
Palos Heights School District 128	0%	726
Park Forest School District 163	0%	1,480
Pennoyer School District 79	0%	401
Pleasantdale School District 107	0%	820
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	0%	1,190
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	0%	2,582
Prospect Heights School District 23	0%	1,462
Proviso Township High School District 209	0%	4,415
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147	0%	754
West Northfield School District 31	0%	907
Westchester School District 92-5	0%	1,014
Western Springs School District 101	0%	1,484
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	0%	5,794
Willow Springs School District 108	0%	357
Wilmette School District 39	0%	3,342
Winnetka School District 36	0%	1,609
Worth School District 127	0%	1,018
Dolton School District 148	0%	1,894
Dolton School District 149	0%	2,242
General George Patton School District 133	0%	210
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	0%	569
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
Glencoe School District 35	0%	1,200
Golf Elementary School District 67	0%	684
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	0%	4,281