Lake County Gazette

There were 144 white students enrolled in Grass Lake School District 36 in the 2021-22 school year, 9.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Grass Lake School District 36 welcomed 191 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 82.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Grass Lake School District 36 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Antioch.

Grass Lake Elementary School is the only one school in the Grass Lake School District 36 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 144 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	174	144	82.8%
2021	164	131	79.9%
2020	165	137	83%
2019	184	149	81%
2018	191	164	85.9%