Lake County Gazette

There were 665 white students enrolled in Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 welcomed 6,948 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 10.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Round Lake.

Among the nine schools in Round Lake Community Unit School District 116, Round Lake Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 229 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	6,287	665	10.6%
2021	6,472	690	10.7%
2020	6,637	793	11.9%
2019	7,080	922	13%
2018	6,948	924	13.3%