Will County Gazette

There were 49,065 white students enrolled in Will County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 47.6% of the 103,077 students in Will County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 29 districts in Will County, Plainfield School District 202 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 12,562 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Will County.

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 3% 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.

District	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Plainfield School District 202	50.4%	24,904
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210	77.9%	6,586
New Lenox School District 122	83.9%	4,994
Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C	84.4%	3,640
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U	19.9%	15,015
Lockport Township High School District 205	70%	3,778
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C	77.5%	2,591
Summit Hill School District 161	72.9%	2,536
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C	41.6%	3,994
Manhattan School District 114	86.3%	1,742
Joliet Township High School District 204	21.4%	6,838
Mokena School District 159	82.1%	1,551
Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U	85.3%	1,298
Will County School District 92	78.5%	1,389
Peotone Community Unit School District 207U	82.4%	1,281
Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U	83.7%	1,227
Channahon School District 17	82.4%	1,164
Joliet Public School District 86	8.4%	9,814
Beecher Community Unit School District 200U	70.3%	1,022
Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U	15.7%	4,290
Lockport School District 91	71.8%	546
Richland Grade School District 88A	27.6%	844
Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203	67.2%	256
Taft School District 90	65.6%	247
Chaney-Monge School District 88	31.7%	436
Rockdale School District 84	29%	214
Union School District 81	40.6%	106
Fairmont School District 89	9.5%	327
Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C	6.7%	447