Will County Gazette

There were 31 white students enrolled in Fairmont School District 89 in the 2021-22 school year, 8.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Fairmont School District 89 welcomed 266 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 9.5% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Fairmont School District 89 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Lockport.

Fairmont School is the only one school in the Fairmont School District 89 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 31 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	327	31	9.5%
2021	301	34	11.3%
2020	322	41	12.7%
2019	342	40	11.7%
2018	266	26	9.8%