Lake County Gazette

There were 376 white students enrolled in Gurnee School District 56 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Gurnee School District 56 welcomed 2,080 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 20.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Gurnee School District 56 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Gurnee.

Among the four schools in Gurnee School District 56, Viking School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 105 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	1,865	376	20.2%
2021	1,851	384	20.7%
2020	1,966	427	21.7%
2019	2,037	467	22.9%
2018	2,080	541	26%