Lake County Gazette

There were 1,776 white students enrolled in Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 welcomed 3,812 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 50.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Grayslake.

Among the nine schools in Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46, Grayslake Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 324 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	3,512	1,776	50.6%
2021	3,476	1,808	52%
2020	3,679	1,950	53%
2019	3,744	2,025	54.1%
2018	3,812	2,084	54.7%