South Cook News

There were 43,218 Asian students enrolled in Cook County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 6.4% of the 672,333 students in the county. They were the fourth most represented ethnicity.

Among the 151 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 14,704 students.

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

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

District	Asian Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	4.6%	321,668
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	26%	15,038
Township High School District 211	21.3%	12,117
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	17.9%	11,109
Niles Township Community High School District 219	32.9%	4,549
East Maine School District 63	31.3%	3,623
Northfield Township High School District 225	22%	5,030
Township High School District 214	8.8%	11,956
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	20.4%	4,281
Maine Township High School District 207	13.8%	6,138
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	16.8%	4,444
Arlington Heights School District 25	13.2%	5,266
Community Consolidated School District 59	11.9%	5,822
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	11%	6,156
Skokie School District 69	33.6%	1,819
Skokie School District 68	29.2%	1,694
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	36.6%	1,239
Lincolnwood School District 74	36.4%	1,200
River Trails School District 26	25.7%	1,484
New Trier Township High School District 203	10.2%	3,700
Consolidated High School District 230	4.9%	7,580
West Northfield School District 31	38.8%	947
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	25.9%	1,325
Skokie School District 73-5	29.6%	1,039
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	6.4%	4,588
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	4.7%	6,193
Orland School District 135	5.2%	5,143
Morton Grove School District 70	30.8%	874
Wilmette School District 39	8.2%	3,257
Northbrook School District 28	13.8%	1,842
Golf Elementary School District 67	34.4%	643
Fairview School District 72	29.2%	685
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	3.4%	5,540
East Prairie School District 73	34.4%	524
Mount Prospect School District 57	8.3%	2,113
Arbor Park School District 145	15.2%	1,089
Prospect Heights School District 23	11.1%	1,461
Evanston Township High School District 202	4.5%	3,499
Avoca School District 37	24.4%	614
Kirby School District 140	4.1%	3,459
Niles Elementary School District 71	22.6%	629
North Palos School District 117	4.2%	3,298
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	4.9%	2,567
Bremen Community High School District 228	2.5%	4,854
Norridge School District 80	10.1%	1,114
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	3.3%	3,226
Ridgeland School District 122	4.6%	2,322
Lyons Township High School District 204	2.5%	3,713
River Forest School District 90	6.6%	1,338
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	9.4%	919
Burbank School District 111	2.7%	3,161
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	2.5%	3,301
Leyden Community High School District 212	2.3%	3,522
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	3.5%	2,090
Schiller Park School District 81	5.3%	1,350
Community High School District 218	1.3%	5,429
Union Ridge School District 86	10.4%	643
Winnetka School District 36	3.9%	1,710
La Grange School District 102	2.2%	2,899
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	2%	2,830
Lemont Township High School District 210	4.2%	1,301
Riverside School District 96	3.1%	1,712
Glencoe School District 35	4.3%	1,202
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	3.3%	1,529
Pleasantdale School District 107	5.6%	819
Argo Community High School District 217	2.6%	1,771
Mannheim School District 83	1.9%	2,378
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	4.5%	1,003
Indian Springs School District 109	1.8%	2,363
Franklin Park School District 84	3.3%	1,239
Harvey School District 152	2.7%	1,528
Reavis Township High School District 220	2.2%	1,893
Sunset Ridge School District 29	7.9%	484
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	0.5%	7,870
Proviso Township High School District 209	0.9%	4,125
Pennoyer School District 79	8.8%	434
La Grange School District 105 South	3.1%	1,168
Forest Ridge School District 142	2.2%	1,498
Community Consolidated School District 146	1.3%	2,354
Berwyn South School District 100	0.9%	2,998
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	1.7%	1,637
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	1.6%	1,792
Kenilworth School District 38	5.4%	482
Berwyn North School District 98	1.1%	2,462
Komarek School District 94	4.8%	526
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	3.4%	699
Lyons School District 103	1%	2,072
River Grove School District 85-5	2.9%	719
Lansing School District 158	0.8%	2,444
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	1.4%	1,377
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	1.6%	1,201
Thornton Township High School District 205	0.4%	4,239
Westchester School District 92-5	1.7%	1,042
Palos Heights School District 128	2.3%	783
Worth School District 127	1.7%	998
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	1.2%	1,354
Summit School District 104	1.1%	1,423
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	0.6%	2,506
Western Springs School District 101	1.1%	1,426
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	0.5%	2,751
Forest Park School District 91	1.9%	694
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	0.7%	1,708
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	0.3%	4,096
Flossmoor School District 161	0.4%	2,294
Berkeley School District 87	0.5%	2,051
Cook County School District 130	0.3%	2,887
Midlothian School District 143	0.7%	1,477