Will County Gazette

There were 138 white students enrolled in Chaney-Monge School District 88 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Chaney-Monge School District 88 welcomed 444 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 31.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Chaney-Monge School District 88 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Crest Hill.

Chaney-Monge School is the only one school in the Chaney-Monge School District 88 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 138 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	436	138	31.7%
2021	416	133	32%
2020	424	151	35.6%
2019	468	171	36.5%
2018	444	175	39.4%