Lake County Gazette

There were 975 white students enrolled in Big Hollow School District 38 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Big Hollow School District 38 welcomed 1,754 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 57.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Big Hollow School District 38 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Ingleside.

Among the three schools in Big Hollow School District 38, Big Hollow Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 459 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	1,711	975	57%
2021	1,664	949	57%
2020	1,785	1,073	60.1%
2019	1,753	1,080	61.6%
2018	1,754	1,099	62.7%