Lake County Gazette

There were 520 white students enrolled in Oak Grove School District 68 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Oak Grove School District 68 welcomed 921 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 57.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Oak Grove School District 68 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Libertyville.

Oak Grove Elementary School is the only one school in the Oak Grove School District 68 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 520 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	906	520	57.4%
2021	920	538	58.5%
2020	929	554	59.6%
2019	926	570	61.6%
2018	921	571	62%