Lake County Gazette

There were 260 white students enrolled in Emmons School District 33 in the 2021-22 school year, 6.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Emmons School District 33 welcomed 304 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Emmons School District 33 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Antioch.

Emmons Grade School is the only one school in the Emmons School District 33 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 260 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	300	260	86.7%
2021	287	245	85.4%
2020	302	255	84.4%
2019	325	283	87.1%
2018	304	259	85.2%