Lake County Gazette

There were 550 white students enrolled in Mundelein Elementary School District 75 in the 2021-22 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mundelein Elementary School District 75 welcomed 1,701 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 35.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mundelein Elementary School District 75 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Mundelein.

Among the four schools in Mundelein Elementary School District 75, Carl Sandburg Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 196 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	1,569	550	35.1%
2021	1,628	561	34.5%
2020	1,745	623	35.7%
2019	1,758	632	35.9%
2018	1,701	651	38.3%