Lake County Gazette

There were 97 white students enrolled in Rondout School District 72 in the 2021-22 school year, 7.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Rondout School District 72 welcomed 132 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 71.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Rondout School District 72 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Lake Forest.

Rondout Elementary School is the only one school in the Rondout School District 72 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 97 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	136	97	71.3%
2021	141	105	74.5%
2020	135	101	74.8%
2019	144	110	76.4%
2018	132	99	75%