Lake County Gazette

There were 1,781 white students enrolled in Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 welcomed 2,842 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 68.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Antioch.

Among the five schools in Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34, Antioch Upper Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 629 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	2,610	1,781	68.2%
2021	2,570	1,821	70.9%
2020	2,783	2,051	73.7%
2019	2,818	2,242	79.6%
2018	2,842	2,299	80.9%