Lake County Gazette

There were 42,300 Hispanic students enrolled in Lake County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Hispanic students made up 34.9% of the 121,280 students in the county. They were the second most represented ethnicity.

Among the 47 districts in Lake County, Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 10,996 students.

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

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

District	Hispanic Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60	81.2%	13,546
Round Lake Community Unit School District 116	79.1%	6,090
North Chicago School District 187	59.3%	3,382
Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50	39.7%	4,511
Barrington Community Unit School District 220	18%	7,971
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126	55.3%	2,508
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118	32.4%	4,193
Warren Township High School District 121	38.1%	3,523
Zion Elementary School District 6	61.8%	2,092
Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3	62.3%	1,943
Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46	32.2%	3,514
Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120	48.6%	2,241
Gurnee School District 56	49.5%	1,840
Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41	37.1%	2,371
North Shore School District 112	22.8%	3,739
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73	24%	3,466
Mundelein Elementary School District 75	53.2%	1,551
Grayslake Community High School District 127	28.4%	2,493
Township High School District 113	19%	3,060
Diamond Lake School District 76	66.9%	821
Grant Community High School District 124	30.8%	1,778
Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34	20.6%	2,640
Big Hollow School District 38	30.7%	1,684
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95	9.1%	5,628
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125	9.2%	4,573
Libertyville Community High School District 128	12.8%	3,242
Learn 9 in Waukegan	87.2%	476
Antioch Community High School District 117	15.5%	2,567
Fremont School District 79	17.2%	2,049
Gavin School District 37	35.3%	773
Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96	7%	3,485
Libertyville School District 70	9.8%	2,105
Winthrop Harbor School District 1	35.3%	581
Fox Lake Grade School District 114	32.6%	619
Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24	15.2%	1,093
Lake Forest Community High School District 115	11.3%	1,366
Deerfield School District 109	5.7%	2,707
Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102	5.9%	2,538
Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65	15%	874
Lake Forest School District 67	4.6%	1,650
Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103	3.3%	1,892
Prairie Crossing Charter School	9.5%	430
Oak Grove School District 68	4.4%	910
Emmons School District 33	12.8%	274
Grass Lake School District 36	17.6%	176
Rondout School District 72	11%	146