Will County Gazette

There were 2,008 white students enrolled in Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C in the 2021-22 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C welcomed 2,509 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 77.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Frankfort.

Among the three schools in Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C, Hickory Creek Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 695 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	2,591	2,008	77.5%
2021	2,506	1,966	78.5%
2020	2,548	2,037	79.9%
2019	2,519	2,025	80.4%
2018	2,509	2,014	80.3%