Lake County Gazette

There were 425 white students enrolled in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 in the 2021-22 school year, 7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 welcomed 16,275 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 3.0% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Waukegan.

Among the 22 schools in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60, Waukegan High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 106 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	14,041	425	3%
2021	14,345	457	3.2%
2020	15,332	494	3.2%
2019	15,872	588	3.7%
2018	16,275	634	3.9%