Will County Gazette

There were 3,671 Asian students enrolled in Will County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 3.6% of the 102,683 students in the county. They were the third least represented ethnicity at the time.

Among the 29 districts in Will County, Plainfield School District 202 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,910 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	Asian Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Plainfield School District 202	7.7%	24,737
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U	6.5%	15,009
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210	2.2%	6,616
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C	3.2%	3,945
Summit Hill School District 161	3.5%	2,476
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C	2.9%	2,636
Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C	1.9%	3,672
Lockport Township High School District 205	1.6%	3,834
Joliet Township High School District 204	0.9%	6,775
New Lenox School District 122	0.9%	5,036
Mokena School District 159	2.2%	1,545
Richland Grade School District 88A	3.6%	809
Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U	0.6%	4,331
Joliet Public School District 86	0.1%	9,508
Beecher Community Unit School District 200U	1.1%	1,018