Will County Gazette

There were 2,644 white students enrolled in Lockport Township High School District 205 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lockport Township High School District 205 welcomed 3,746 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 70.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lockport Township High School District 205 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Lockport.

Lockport Township High School East is the only one school in the Lockport Township High School District 205 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 2,644 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	3,778	2,644	70%
2021	3,864	2,745	71%
2020	3,836	2,707	70.6%
2019	3,811	2,692	70.6%
2018	3,746	2,680	71.5%