Lake County Gazette

There were 257 white students enrolled in Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 welcomed 2,177 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 13.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Beach Park.

Among the five schools in Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3, Beach Park Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 91 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	1,893	257	13.6%
2021	1,925	267	13.9%
2020	2,093	332	15.9%
2019	2,153	382	17.7%
2018	2,177	409	18.8%