Lake County Gazette

There were 629 white students enrolled in Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 welcomed 899 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 73.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Lake Bluff.

Among the two schools in Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65, Lake Bluff Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 416 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	857	629	73.4%
2021	859	616	71.7%
2020	891	670	75.2%
2019	882	653	74%
2018	899	670	74.5%