Lake County Gazette

There were 54,464 white students enrolled in Lake County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 44.4% of the 122,563 students in Lake County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 47 districts in Lake County, Barrington Community Unit School District 220 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 4,730 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Lake County.

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 3% 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.

District	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Barrington Community Unit School District 220	58.6%	8,074
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95	77.8%	5,480
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118	60.7%	4,267
North Shore School District 112	65.5%	3,786
Township High School District 113	73.4%	3,220
Deerfield School District 109	82.7%	2,740
Libertyville Community High School District 128	66.8%	3,296
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125	49%	4,352
Antioch Community High School District 117	75.8%	2,588
Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34	68.2%	2,610
Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46	50.6%	3,512
Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50	36%	4,817
Libertyville School District 70	78.1%	2,097
Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96	46.1%	3,333
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73	40.9%	3,557
Grayslake Community High School District 127	55.7%	2,597
Fremont School District 79	65.9%	2,093
Lake Forest School District 67	85.3%	1,587
Warren Township High School District 121	36.4%	3,651
Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41	50.2%	2,432
Lake Forest Community High School District 115	79.1%	1,454
Grant Community High School District 124	56.1%	1,815
Big Hollow School District 38	57%	1,711
Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120	39.4%	2,145
Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103	42.8%	1,851
Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102	31.8%	2,474
Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24	70.8%	1,071
Round Lake Community Unit School District 116	10.6%	6,287
Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65	73.4%	857
Mundelein Elementary School District 75	35.1%	1,569
Oak Grove School District 68	57.4%	906
Gavin School District 37	56.6%	799
Fox Lake Grade School District 114	63.9%	671
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60	3%	14,041
North Chicago School District 187	11.8%	3,340
Gurnee School District 56	20.2%	1,865
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126	13.8%	2,501
Prairie Crossing Charter School	67.5%	425
Winthrop Harbor School District 1	49.2%	565
Emmons School District 33	86.7%	300
Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3	13.6%	1,893
Diamond Lake School District 76	22.2%	860
Grass Lake School District 36	82.8%	174
Bannockburn School District 106	68.6%	153
Rondout School District 72	71.3%	136
Zion Elementary School District 6	4.3%	2,184
Learn 9 in Waukegan	0%	427