Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 24.5% of Cook County’s districts student body in 2023-24 school year

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

By S. J. Shelton

Oct 5, 2025

There were 164,758 white students enrolled in Cook County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 0.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 24.5% of the 672,333 students in the county. They were the third most represented ethnicity.

Among the 151 districts in Cook County, Chicago Public School District 299 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 35,659 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.

Ethnic Composition of Cook County School Districts Enrollment (2023-24)

Enrollment Demographics in Cook County Districts During 2023-24 School Year

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	11.1%	321,668
Township High School District 214	50.6%	11,956
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	38.6%	15,038
Consolidated High School District 230	71.8%	7,580
Township High School District 211	39.5%	12,117
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	39.1%	11,109
Arlington Heights School District 25	74.9%	5,266
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	79.7%	4,588
Orland School District 135	70.3%	5,143
Maine Township High School District 207	54.3%	6,138
Northfield Township High School District 225	59.9%	5,030
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	52.7%	5,540
New Trier Township High School District 203	75.2%	3,700
Kirby School District 140	72.6%	3,459
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	40.2%	6,193
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	57.9%	4,281
Wilmette School District 39	74.4%	3,257
Lyons Township High School District 204	64.8%	3,713
North Palos School District 117	69.3%	3,298
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	35.4%	6,156
Community Consolidated School District 59	37%	5,822
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	82%	2,567
La Grange School District 102	66.3%	2,899
Niles Township Community High School District 219	36.9%	4,549
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	51.8%	3,226
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	37%	4,444
Community High School District 218	29.7%	5,429
Mount Prospect School District 57	74.7%	2,113
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	75.4%	2,090
Evanston Township High School District 202	44.4%	3,499
Winnetka School District 36	89.1%	1,710
Community Consolidated School District 146	63.2%	2,354
Northbrook School District 28	75.6%	1,842
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	39%	3,301
Western Springs School District 101	87.8%	1,426
Bremen Community High School District 228	25.5%	4,854
Ridgeland School District 122	52.1%	2,322
East Maine School District 63	30.1%	3,623
Indian Springs School District 109	46.2%	2,363
Lemont Township High School District 210	78.9%	1,301
Glencoe School District 35	83.6%	1,202
Riverside School District 96	57.2%	1,712
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	33.3%	2,830
Burbank School District 111	29.8%	3,161
Prospect Heights School District 23	63.7%	1,461
River Forest School District 90	65.3%	1,338
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	48.4%	1,792
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	61.7%	1,377
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	63.5%	1,325
Leyden Community High School District 212	23.8%	3,522
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	58.8%	1,354
Norridge School District 80	70%	1,114
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	76.9%	1,003
River Trails School District 26	50.2%	1,484
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	45.4%	1,637
Forest Ridge School District 142	48.9%	1,498
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	52.8%	1,239
La Grange School District 105 South	53.5%	1,168
Worth School District 127	62.3%	998
Pleasantdale School District 107	74.2%	819
Palos Heights School District 128	76.4%	783
Argo Community High School District 217	32.4%	1,771
Skokie School District 68	33.7%	1,694
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	33.1%	1,708
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	60.6%	919
Lincolnwood School District 74	46.4%	1,200
Schiller Park School District 81	40.6%	1,350
Skokie School District 69	29.6%	1,819
Reavis Township High School District 220	26.4%	1,893
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	30.7%	1,529
Arbor Park School District 145	39.6%	1,089
Homewood School District 153	22.7%	1,831
Union Ridge School District 86	63.3%	643
Kenilworth School District 38	83.4%	482
Sunset Ridge School District 29	81.2%	484
Skokie School District 73-5	37.6%	1,039
West Northfield School District 31	37%	947
Morton Grove School District 70	39.6%	874
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	12.3%	2,751
Cook County School District 130	11.5%	2,887
Niles Elementary School District 71	51.7%	629
Midlothian School District 143	21.7%	1,477
Avoca School District 37	52%	614
Fairview School District 72	45.4%	685
Pennoyer School District 79	69.8%	434
Golf Elementary School District 67	46.2%	643
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	33.3%	889
River Grove School District 85-5	39.6%	719
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	3.5%	7,870
Westchester School District 92-5	25.1%	1,042
Berwyn South School District 100	8.7%	2,998
Franklin Park School District 84	21.1%	1,239
Lyons School District 103	12.1%	2,072
Flossmoor School District 161	10.8%	2,294
Steger School District 194	17.3%	1,420
Mannheim School District 83	8.3%	2,378
Bloom Township High School District 206	6.2%	3,079
East Prairie School District 73	31.7%	524
Forest Park School District 91	23.5%	694
Atwood Heights School District 125	28.2%	577
Lansing School District 158	6.4%	2,444
Komarek School District 94	27.4%	526
Willow Springs School District 108	37.1%	385
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	4.5%	3,143
Rosemont Elementary School District 78	62.4%	202
Berwyn North School District 98	5.1%	2,462
Proviso Township High School District 209	2.8%	4,125
Rhodes School District 84-5	21.4%	491
Summit School District 104	5.8%	1,423
Thornton Township High School District 205	1.8%	4,239
Chicago Heights School District 170	2.9%	2,603
Berkeley School District 87	3.2%	2,051
Cicero School District 99	0.7%	8,555
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	1.5%	4,096
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	2%	2,506
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	5.9%	853
Thornton School District 154	19.3%	243
Rich Township High School District 227	1.3%	2,304
Sandridge School District 172	6.8%	400
Country Club Hills School District 160	2.7%	993
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	3.6%	699
Community Consolidated School District 168	2%	1,200
Matteson Elementary School District 162	1%	2,335
Elementary School District 159	1.4%	1,624
Park Forest School District 163	1.5%	1,508
Central Stickney School District 110	7.1%	296
Sunnybrook School District 171	2.2%	961
South Holland School District 151	1.4%	1,402
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	1.4%	1,201
Brookwood School District 167	1.5%	988
Dolton School District 149	0.5%	2,227
Lincoln Elementary School District 156	1.6%	704
Dolton School District 148	0.5%	1,968