Will County Gazette

There were 10 Am. Indian students enrolled in Will County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Am. Indian students made up 0% of the 110,319 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 169 schools in Will County County, Joliet Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Am. Indian students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 10 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 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.

School name	% of Am. Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Joliet Central High School	0.3	3,334
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	0	312
Central Elementary School	0	511
Chaney-Monge School	0	405
Channahon Junior High School	0	273
Chelsea Elementary School	0	876
Cherry Hill Elementary And Early Childhood Center	0	157
Clifford Crone Middle School	0	847
Columbia Central School	0	607
Coretta Scott King Magnet School	0	252
Creekside Elementary School	0	492
Crete Elementary School	0	369
Crete-Monee High School	0	1,460
Crete-Monee Middle School	0	943
Crystal Lawns Elementary School	0	289
Wayne Builta Elementary School	0	296
Bolingbrook High School	0	3,363
L.J. Stevens Intermediate School	0	325
Lakewood Falls Elementary School	0	506
Laraway Elementary School	0	426
Liberty Elementary School	0	556
Liberty Junior High School	0	591
Lincoln Elementary School	0	574
Lincoln Way West	0	1,948
Lincoln-Way Central High School	0	1,941
Lincoln-Way East High School	0	2,727
Lockport Township High School East	0	3,834
Ludwig Elementary School	0	281
Luther J. Schilling School	0	705
Lynne Thigpen Elementary School	0	624
Union Elementary School	0	106
Jonas E. Salk Elementary School	0	490
Milne Grove Elementary School	0	238
Sator Sanchez Elementary School	0	714
Scullen Middle School	0	968
Skoff Elementary School	0	717
Spencer Crossing Intermediate School	0	503
Spencer Pointe School	0	487
Spencer Trail School	0	382
Spring Brook Elementary School	0	567
Steger Intermediate Center	0	442
V. Blanche Graham Elementary School	0	306
Reed-Custer Elementary School	0	634
Richard Ira Jones Middle School	0	849
Ridge Elementary School	0	519
River Woods Elementary School	0	469
Robert C. Hill Elementary School	0	582
Robert Clow Elementary School	0	340
Rockdale Elementary School	0	239
Romeoville High School	0	1,866
Independence Elementary School	0	597
Indian Trail Elementary School	0	316
Indian Trail Middle School	0	574
Irene King Elementary School	0	421
Isaac Singleton Elementary School	0	466
Hadley Middle School	0	838
Haines Elementary School	0	368
Heritage Grove Middle School	0	879
Hickory Creek Middle School	0	905
Homer Junior High School	0	842
Homestead Elementary School	0	483
Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School	0	620
Hufford Junior High School	0	1,122
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School	0	604
Dirksen Junior High School	0	549
Dr. Julian Rogus School	0	647
Drauden Point Middle School	0	692
Walker Intermediate School	0	545
Walker's Grove Elementary School	0	618
Walnut Trails Elementary School	0	517
Walsh Elementary School	0	335
Washington Junior High and Academy Program	0	741
Wesmere Elementary School	0	545
William E. Young School	0	430
William J. Butler School	0	449
Wilmington High School	0	403
Wilmington Middle School	0	288
Wilson Creek Elementary School	0	711
Wolf's Crossing Elementary School	0	489
Wood View Elementary School	0	362
Woodland Elementary School	0	283
Fairmont School	0	293
Farragut Elementary School	0	446
Forest Park Individual Education School	0	279
Frankfort Square Elementary School	0	164
Freedom Elementary School	0	540
Fry Elementary School	0	574
Balmoral Elementary School	0	429
Bednarcik Junior High School	0	551
Beecher Elementary School	0	433
Beecher High School	0	342
Beecher Junior High School	0	243
Bentley Elementary School	0	370
Bernard J. Ward Elementary School	0	362
Brooks Middle School	0	1,008
Bruning Elementary School	0	215
Jamie McGee Elementary School	0	380
Jane Addams Middle School	0	562
John F. Kennedy Middle School	0	893
John J. Lukancic Middle School	0	572
John R. Tibbott Elementary School	0	503
Joliet West High School	0	3,365
M.J. Cunningham Elementary School	0	582
Manhattan Junior High School	0	562
Meadow View Elementary School	0	546
N.B. Galloway Elementary School	0	375
Nelson Prairie School	0	399
Nelson Ridge School	0	467
Neuqua Valley High School	0	3,199
Summit Hill Junior High School	0	638
Eagle Pointe Elementary School	0	600
Edna Keith Elementary School	0	261
Eisenhower Academy	0	229
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School	0	559
Elwood C.C. School	0	265
T.E. Culbertson Elementary School	0	210
Taft Elementary School	0	314
Taft Grade School	0	265
Talala Elementary School	0	277
The Wheatlands Elementary School	0	524
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	0	412
Three Rivers School	0	264
Timber Ridge Middle School	0	858
Troy Craughwell School	0	396
Troy Cronin Elementary School	0	630
Troy Heritage Trail School	0	405
Troy Hofer Elementary School	0	422
Troy Middle School	0	901
Troy Shorewood School	0	337
Oak Prairie Junior High School	0	449
Oak View Elementary School	0	557
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School	0	553
Orenic Intermediate School	0	854
Oster-Oakview School	0	369
Kelvin Grove Junior High School	0	312
Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School	0	395
Kingsley Elementary School	0	418
Patterson Elementary School	0	472
Peotone Elementary School	0	281
Peotone High School	0	437
Peotone Intermediate Center	0	184
Peotone Junior High School	0	292
Pershing Elementary School	0	475
Pioneer Elementary School	0	585
Pioneer Path School	0	249
Plainfield East High School	0	1,936
Plainfield High School	0	1,940
Plainfield North High School	0	2,325
Mokena Elementary School	0	716
Mokena Intermediate School	0	330
Mokena Junior High School	0	499
Monee Elementary School	0	393
Reed Elementary School	0	291
Reed-Custer High School	0	419
Reed-Custer Middle School	0	272
Richland Elementary School	0	809
River View Elementary School	0	610
A.O. Marshall Elementary School	0	408
A. Vito Martinez Middle School	0	664
Alex M. Martino Junior High School	0	572
Anna McDonald Elementary School	0	574
Arbury Hills Elementary School	0	166
Arlene Welch Elementary School	0	573
Arnold J. Tyler School	0	371
Gompers Junior High School	0	685
Goodings Grove School	0	408
Gordon Gregory Middle School	0	793
Grand Prairie Elementary School	0	855
Grand Prairie Elementary School	0	855