Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 2.9% of Cook County’s districts student body in 2022-23 school year

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By South Cook News

Nov 12, 2024

There were 19,424 multiracial students enrolled in Cook County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 2.9% of the 672,009 students in the county. They were the third least represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 152 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 5,829 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 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Cook County Districts During 2022-23 School Year

District	multiracial Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	1.8%	319,769
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	15.5%	5,492
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	16%	4,163
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	9.9%	6,316
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	4.1%	14,925
Township High School District 211	4%	12,137
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	4.1%	11,037
East Maine School District 63	11.9%	3,521
Township High School District 214	3.1%	11,909
Wilmette School District 39	9.9%	3,297
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	9.3%	3,259
Northfield Township High School District 225	4.7%	5,033
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	5.4%	4,297
New Trier Township High School District 203	5.8%	3,736
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	3.5%	5,971
Niles Township Community High School District 219	4.5%	4,564
Evanston Township High School District 202	5.5%	3,602
Bremen Community High School District 228	3.9%	5,060
North Palos School District 117	5.5%	3,369
Maine Township High School District 207	2.8%	6,114
Consolidated High School District 230	2.2%	7,595
Orland School District 135	3.2%	5,161
Community Consolidated School District 59	2.9%	5,660
River Forest School District 90	11.9%	1,363
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	3.7%	4,234
Flossmoor School District 161	6.7%	2,315
Homewood School District 153	8%	1,902
La Grange School District 102	5.1%	2,951
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	3.2%	4,619
Skokie School District 69	7.6%	1,802
Community High School District 218	2.4%	5,423
Indian Springs School District 109	5.3%	2,457
Lansing School District 158	5.3%	2,433
Burbank School District 111	4%	3,184
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	4.6%	2,753
Lyons Township High School District 204	3.1%	3,787
Steger School District 194	8.4%	1,399
Community Consolidated School District 146	4.9%	2,291
Mount Prospect School District 57	5%	2,179
Rich Township High School District 227	4.3%	2,383
Kirby School District 140	2.9%	3,497
West Northfield School District 31	10.6%	945
Skokie School District 73-5	9.1%	1,060
Northbrook School District 28	4.8%	1,830
Bloom Township High School District 206	2.9%	2,936
Thornton Township High School District 205	1.9%	4,425
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	2.5%	3,360
Riverside School District 96	4.8%	1,695
Skokie School District 68	4.9%	1,637
Morton Grove School District 70	9%	868
Lincolnwood School District 74	6.4%	1,192
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	3.9%	1,735
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	4.9%	1,334
Elementary School District 159	3.9%	1,655
River Trails School District 26	4.3%	1,502
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	3%	2,081
Country Club Hills School District 160	5.6%	1,110
Forest Ridge School District 142	4%	1,532
Matteson Elementary School District 162	2.5%	2,358
Proviso Township High School District 209	1.4%	4,197
Park Forest School District 163	3.8%	1,524
Midlothian School District 143	3.6%	1,588
La Grange School District 105 South	4.7%	1,194
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	4.3%	1,305
Berwyn South School District 100	1.9%	2,997
Avoca School District 37	8.2%	655
Glencoe School District 35	4.5%	1,208
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	3.3%	1,647
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	4.3%	1,247
Winnetka School District 36	3.2%	1,673
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	3.5%	1,506
Community Consolidated School District 168	4.3%	1,183
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	2%	2,537
Prospect Heights School District 23	3.4%	1,449
Western Springs School District 101	3.4%	1,452
Forest Park School District 91	6.8%	675
Arbor Park School District 145	4.2%	1,067
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	1.4%	3,183
Lemont Township High School District 210	3.3%	1,317
Reavis Township High School District 220	2.2%	1,952
Westchester School District 92-5	4.2%	1,027
Arlington Heights School District 25	0.8%	5,281
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	4.1%	976
Harvey School District 152	2.6%	1,523
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	2.7%	1,386
East Prairie School District 73	6.8%	559
Lyons School District 103	1.8%	2,123
Fairview School District 72	5.5%	672
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	0.5%	8,007
Pleasantdale School District 107	4.4%	822
Cook County School District 130	1.2%	2,928
Berwyn North School District 98	1.4%	2,498
Chicago Heights School District 170	1.2%	2,661
Kenilworth School District 38	7.1%	465
Sandridge School District 172	8.5%	388
Summit School District 104	2.2%	1,446
Argo Community High School District 217	1.7%	1,866
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	1.1%	2,825
Worth School District 127	3.1%	983
Berkeley School District 87	1.4%	2,191
Calumet City School District 155	3.2%	936
Sunset Ridge School District 29	5.8%	484
Southland College Prep Charter High School	4.7%	571
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont	4.9%	554
Schiller Park School District 81	2%	1,330
Mannheim School District 83	1.1%	2,380
Leyden Community High School District 212	0.7%	3,494
Niles Elementary School District 71	3.8%	639
Brookwood School District 167	2.1%	1,050
Thornton School District 154	8.6%	245
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	2.4%	866
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	2.3%	929
Ridgeland School District 122	0.9%	2,310
Golf Elementary School District 67	3.2%	657
Sunnybrook School District 171	2.2%	960
Cicero School District 99	0.2%	8,774
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	3%	628
Palos Heights School District 128	2.3%	767
South Holland School District 151	1.2%	1,446
Norridge School District 80	1.5%	1,103
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	1%	1,788
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157	2.1%	812
Dolton School District 149	0.6%	2,201
Atwood Heights School District 125	2.6%	545
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	1.6%	855
Betty Shabazz International Charter School	2.3%	574
Calumet Public School District 132	1.4%	862
Lindop School District 92	3.5%	342
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	0.9%	1,204
Hillside School District 93	2.5%	435
Hazel Crest School District 152-5	1.3%	868
River Grove School District 85-5	1.6%	707
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	0.4%	2,482
Pennoyer School District 79	2.3%	443