Will County Gazette

There were 162 white students enrolled in Taft School District 90 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Taft School District 90 welcomed 315 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 65.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Taft School District 90 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Lockport.

Taft Grade School is the only one school in the Taft School District 90 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 162 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	247	162	65.6%
2021	247	166	67.2%
2020	271	200	73.8%
2019	304	233	76.6%
2018	315	237	75.2%