Lake County Gazette

There were 191 white students enrolled in Diamond Lake School District 76 in the 2021-22 school year, 13% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Diamond Lake School District 76 welcomed 996 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Diamond Lake School District 76 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Mundelein.

Among the three schools in Diamond Lake School District 76, Fairhaven School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 78 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	860	191	22.2%
2021	862	169	19.6%
2020	918	187	20.4%
2019	968	207	21.4%
2018	996	239	24%