Will County Gazette

There were 320 white students enrolled in Steger School District 194 in the 2021-22 school year, 5.9% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Steger School District 194 welcomed 1,490 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Steger School District 194 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Steger.

Among the three schools in Steger School District 194, Columbia Central School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 153 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	1,438	320	22.3%
2021	1,393	340	24.4%
2020	1,472	388	26.4%
2019	1,447	416	28.7%
2018	1,490	459	30.8%