Lake County Gazette

There were 2,592 white students enrolled in Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 welcomed 4,687 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 60.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Wauconda.

Among the six schools in Wauconda Community Unit School District 118, Wauconda High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 831 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	4,267	2,592	60.7%
2021	4,325	2,612	60.4%
2020	4,491	2,754	61.3%
2019	4,636	2,837	61.2%
2018	4,687	2,931	62.5%