Lake County Gazette

There were 2,134 white students enrolled in Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 welcomed 4,230 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 49.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Lincolnshire.

Adlai E. Stevenson High School is the only one school in the Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 2,134 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	4,352	2,134	49%
2021	4,275	2,203	51.5%
2020	4,271	2,267	53.1%
2019	4,297	2,359	54.9%
2018	4,230	2,418	57.2%