Lake County Gazette

There were 1,222 white students enrolled in Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 welcomed 2,614 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 50.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Lake Villa.

Among the four schools in Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41, Peter J. Palombi School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 429 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	2,432	1,222	50.2%
2021	2,340	1,269	54.2%
2020	2,518	1,423	56.5%
2019	2,620	1,530	58.4%
2018	2,614	1,637	62.6%