Lake County Gazette

There were 95 white students enrolled in Zion Elementary School District 6 in the 2021-22 school year, 10.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Zion Elementary School District 6 welcomed 2,697 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 4.3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Zion Elementary School District 6 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Zion.

Among the seven schools in Zion Elementary School District 6, Elmwood Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 17 students.

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 three percent 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	2,184	95	4.3%
2021	2,223	106	4.8%
2020	2,483	122	4.9%
2019	2,606	139	5.3%
2018	2,697	153	5.7%