Lake County Gazette

There were 1,454 white students enrolled in Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 in the 2021-22 school year, 5.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 welcomed 4,250 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 40.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 roughly covers schools within Lake County and has a main office in Vernon Hills.

Among the nine schools in Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73, Hawthorn Middle School South recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 275 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	3,557	1,454	40.9%
2021	3,698	1,539	41.6%
2020	3,937	1,695	43.1%
2019	4,102	1,828	44.6%
2018	4,250	1,917	45.1%