Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 24.7% of Cook County’s districts student body in 2022-23 school year

Pedro Martinez Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools | Chicago Public Schools

By South Cook News

Nov 5, 2024

There were 166,154 white students enrolled in Cook County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 24.7% of the 672,009 students in the county. They were the third most represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 152 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35,413 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	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	11.1%	319,769
Township High School District 214	51.5%	11,909
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	38.7%	14,925
Consolidated High School District 230	71.5%	7,595
Township High School District 211	40.2%	12,137
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	38.7%	11,037
Arlington Heights School District 25	75.4%	5,281
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	80.4%	4,619
Orland School District 135	70.5%	5,161
Maine Township High School District 207	54.8%	6,114
Northfield Township High School District 225	61.3%	5,033
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	52.2%	5,492
New Trier Township High School District 203	75.7%	3,736
Kirby School District 140	73.3%	3,497
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	40.5%	6,316
Lyons Township High School District 204	65.9%	3,787
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	57.7%	4,297
Wilmette School District 39	74.2%	3,297
North Palos School District 117	70.1%	3,369
Community Consolidated School District 59	37.8%	5,660
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	82.5%	2,537
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	33.7%	5,971
La Grange School District 102	66.4%	2,951
Niles Township Community High School District 219	37.7%	4,564
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	52.5%	3,259
Mount Prospect School District 57	76.7%	2,179
Community High School District 218	30.1%	5,423
Evanston Township High School District 202	45%	3,602
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	37.7%	4,234
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	76.6%	2,081
Winnetka School District 36	88.6%	1,673
Community Consolidated School District 146	64.4%	2,291
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	41.9%	3,360
Northbrook School District 28	75.5%	1,830
Western Springs School District 101	88.8%	1,452
Bremen Community High School District 228	25.4%	5,060
Ridgeland School District 122	54.4%	2,310
Indian Springs School District 109	48.1%	2,457
Lemont Township High School District 210	78.7%	1,317
East Maine School District 63	29.3%	3,521
Burbank School District 111	31.9%	3,184
Glencoe School District 35	83.2%	1,208
Riverside School District 96	58.2%	1,695
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	33.7%	2,825
Prospect Heights School District 23	63.3%	1,449
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	63.6%	1,386
River Forest School District 90	64.3%	1,363
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	48.8%	1,788
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	64.9%	1,305
Leyden Community High School District 212	24%	3,494
River Trails School District 26	55.3%	1,502
Forest Ridge School District 142	52.3%	1,532
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	59.7%	1,334
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	47.5%	1,647
Norridge School District 80	69.7%	1,103
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	78.4%	976
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	53.7%	1,247
La Grange School District 105 South	51.7%	1,194
Worth School District 127	62.3%	983
Pleasantdale School District 107	73.2%	822
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	34.2%	1,735
Argo Community High School District 217	31.7%	1,866
Palos Heights School District 128	74.7%	767
Reavis Township High School District 220	28.6%	1,952
Schiller Park School District 81	41.9%	1,330
Lincolnwood School District 74	46.6%	1,192
Skokie School District 69	30%	1,802
Skokie School District 68	33%	1,637
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	61.1%	855
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	32.9%	1,506
Arbor Park School District 145	42.1%	1,067
Homewood School District 153	23.3%	1,902
Union Ridge School District 86	63.7%	647
Skokie School District 73-5	38.7%	1,060
Sunset Ridge School District 29	81.8%	484
Kenilworth School District 38	83.2%	465
West Northfield School District 31	39.4%	945
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	13.4%	2,753
Cook County School District 130	12.5%	2,928
Morton Grove School District 70	41.7%	868
Midlothian School District 143	22.3%	1,588
Niles Elementary School District 71	52.7%	639
Avoca School District 37	51.5%	655
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	4%	8,007
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	34.1%	929
Pennoyer School District 79	70.7%	443
Fairview School District 72	46.6%	672
Golf Elementary School District 67	47.3%	657
Lyons School District 103	13.9%	2,123
Franklin Park School District 84	22.9%	1,270
River Grove School District 85-5	39.9%	707
Steger School District 194	20%	1,399
Westchester School District 92-5	26.8%	1,027
Flossmoor School District 161	11.1%	2,315
Berwyn South School District 100	8%	2,997
Mannheim School District 83	8.5%	2,380
East Prairie School District 73	35.4%	559
Lansing School District 158	7.2%	2,433
Bloom Township High School District 206	5.8%	2,936
Forest Park School District 91	24.9%	675
Willow Springs School District 108	42.9%	382
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	4.7%	3,183
Atwood Heights School District 125	27.3%	545
Komarek School District 94	28.1%	501
Rosemont Elementary School District 78	60.9%	202
Berwyn North School District 98	4.7%	2,498
Proviso Township High School District 209	2.6%	4,197
Summit School District 104	6.4%	1,446
Chicago Heights School District 170	3.1%	2,661
Rhodes School District 84-5	15.9%	509
Berkeley School District 87	3.4%	2,191
Cicero School District 99	0.7%	8,774
Thornton School District 154	21.6%	245
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	2%	2,482
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	1.2%	4,163
Sandridge School District 172	9%	388
Community Consolidated School District 168	2.7%	1,183
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	3.7%	866
Rich Township High School District 227	1.3%	2,383
Park Forest School District 163	2%	1,524
Central Stickney School District 110	9.6%	312
Matteson Elementary School District 162	1.2%	2,358
Thornton Township High School District 205	0.6%	4,425
Elementary School District 159	1.6%	1,655
Sunnybrook School District 171	2.4%	960
South Holland School District 151	1.3%	1,446
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	1.5%	1,204
Bellwood School District 88	0.8%	2,066
Lincoln Elementary School District 156	2.3%	735
Brookwood School District 167	1.5%	1,050
Country Club Hills School District 160	1.4%	1,110
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	2.4%	628
Dolton School District 148	0.6%	1,906
Calumet City School District 155	1.1%	936
Dolton School District 149	0.5%	2,201