Lake County Gazette

There were 786 white students enrolled in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 welcomed 2,338 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 31.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Buffalo Grove.

Among the four schools in Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102, Aptakisic Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 309 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	2,474	786	31.8%
2021	2,500	859	34.4%
2020	2,547	950	37.3%
2019	2,426	978	40.3%
2018	2,338	1,030	44.1%