Dr. Robert McBride Jr. Superintendent at Lockport Township High School East | Official Website
Dr. Robert McBride Jr. Superintendent at Lockport Township High School East | Official Website
Data showed that multiracial students made up 4% of the 109,154 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.
Among the 169 schools in Will County, Bolingbrook High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 166 students.
As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.
Ethnicities in Will County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Will County County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
| School name | % of Multiracial students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Bolingbrook High School | 5% | 3,317 |
| Joliet West High School | 4.1% | 3,294 |
| Lockport Township High School East | 3.2% | 3,785 |
| Neuqua Valley High School | 4.1% | 2,951 |
| Plainfield East High School | 5.8% | 1,822 |
| Lincoln-Way East High School | 3.8% | 2,707 |
| Plainfield High School | 4.9% | 1,849 |
| Plainfield North High School | 3.9% | 2,311 |
| Romeoville High School | 3.8% | 1,793 |
| Crete-Monee High School | 4.6% | 1,454 |
| John F. Kennedy Middle School | 7.2% | 927 |
| Joliet Central High School | 1.8% | 3,337 |
| Columbia Central School | 9.5% | 581 |
| Lincoln Way West | 2.8% | 1,959 |
| Lincoln-Way Central High School | 2.6% | 1,992 |
| Freedom Elementary School | 9.8% | 533 |
| Chelsea Elementary School | 5.6% | 882 |
| Crete-Monee Middle School | 4.9% | 969 |
| Hufford Junior High School | 4.3% | 1,101 |
| Brooks Middle School | 4.4% | 967 |
| Hickory Creek Middle School | 4.4% | 945 |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School | 7.4% | 557 |
| Homestead Elementary School | 8.5% | 470 |
| Gordon Gregory Middle School | 4.9% | 823 |
| Clifford Crone Middle School | 4.4% | 882 |
| Scullen Middle School | 4.1% | 961 |
| Arlene Welch Elementary School | 6.6% | 594 |
| Steger Intermediate Center | 7.7% | 480 |
| Fry Elementary School | 6.5% | 565 |
| Drauden Point Middle School | 5.3% | 673 |
| Farragut Elementary School | 7% | 511 |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School | 4.4% | 816 |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School | 4.4% | 816 |
| Spring Brook Elementary School | 6.3% | 554 |
| Timber Ridge Middle School | 4.3% | 823 |
| Oak View Elementary School | 6.1% | 572 |
| Orenic Intermediate School | 4.4% | 798 |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 5.8% | 607 |
| Crete Elementary School | 8.9% | 381 |
| Heritage Grove Middle School | 4% | 844 |
| Robert C. Hill Elementary School | 5.5% | 605 |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School | 5.2% | 610 |
| Troy Middle School | 3.7% | 867 |
| Reed-Custer Elementary School | 4.6% | 671 |
| Robert Clow Elementary School | 9% | 346 |
| Troy Cronin Elementary School | 4.8% | 648 |
| Chaney-Monge School | 7.5% | 401 |
| Balmoral Elementary School | 6.7% | 449 |
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School | 5.3% | 563 |
| Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School | 5.1% | 567 |
| Washington Junior High and Academy Program | 4.2% | 685 |
| Bednarcik Junior High School | 5.5% | 531 |
| Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School | 5% | 582 |
| Richland Elementary School | 3.6% | 813 |
| Richard Ira Jones Middle School | 3.2% | 863 |
| Ridge Elementary School | 5.8% | 482 |
| Jamie McGee Elementary School | 7.2% | 390 |
| V. Blanche Graham Elementary School | 8.8% | 308 |
| Dirksen Junior High School | 4.9% | 554 |
| Jane Addams Middle School | 4.9% | 532 |
| A. Vito Martinez Middle School | 4% | 646 |
| John J. Lukancic Middle School | 4.5% | 560 |
| Kingsley Elementary School | 6.1% | 410 |
| River View Elementary School | 4% | 619 |
| Lakewood Falls Elementary School | 4.5% | 528 |
| River Woods Elementary School | 5.1% | 469 |
| Summit Hill Junior High School | 4% | 602 |
| Taft Grade School | 9.4% | 254 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 4.3% | 539 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 4.1% | 567 |
| Skoff Elementary School | 3.3% | 692 |
| Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School | 4.3% | 537 |
| Wilson Creek Elementary School | 3.2% | 727 |
| Taft Elementary School | 6.9% | 332 |
| Coretta Scott King Magnet School | 8.3% | 264 |
| Independence Elementary School | 3.7% | 593 |
| Irene King Elementary School | 5.4% | 410 |
| Hadley Middle School | 2.5% | 864 |
| Wolf's Crossing Elementary School | 4.9% | 451 |
| Troy Craughwell School | 5% | 444 |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 7.3% | 287 |
| Central Elementary School | 4% | 519 |
| Milne Grove Elementary School | 9.2% | 228 |
| Oster-Oakview School | 5.6% | 374 |
| Patterson Elementary School | 4.3% | 484 |
| Monee Elementary School | 5.6% | 372 |
| Liberty Junior High School | 3.4% | 584 |
| John R. Tibbott Elementary School | 4.2% | 474 |
| Pershing Elementary School | 4.2% | 478 |
| Wood View Elementary School | 5.5% | 345 |
| M.J. Cunningham Elementary School | 3.7% | 513 |
| Meadow View Elementary School | 3.5% | 545 |
| Laraway Elementary School | 4% | 452 |
| Indian Trail Middle School | 3.4% | 526 |
| Walker Intermediate School | 3.5% | 519 |
| Walker's Grove Elementary School | 2.9% | 612 |
| Walnut Trails Elementary School | 3.5% | 514 |
| Bernard J. Ward Elementary School | 5.2% | 346 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | 4% | 445 |
| Jonas E. Salk Elementary School | 3.6% | 471 |
| Eagle Pointe Elementary School | 2.9% | 590 |
| T.E. Culbertson Elementary School | 8% | 212 |
| Troy Heritage Trail School | 4.1% | 410 |
| Oak Prairie Junior High School | 3.8% | 451 |
| Mokena Elementary School | 2.4% | 715 |
| Spencer Crossing Intermediate School | 3% | 533 |
| Dr. Julian Rogus School | 2.6% | 613 |
| Wesmere Elementary School | 2.9% | 544 |
| Alex M. Martino Junior High School | 2.8% | 564 |
| Spencer Pointe School | 3.3% | 461 |
| Spencer Trail School | 3.9% | 386 |
| Haines Elementary School | 4.4% | 340 |
| Manhattan Junior High School | 2.5% | 592 |
| Edna Keith Elementary School | 4.2% | 357 |
| Rockdale Elementary School | 5.8% | 240 |
| Walsh Elementary School | 4.1% | 338 |
| Talala Elementary School | 5.1% | 277 |
| Peotone High School | 3.2% | 433 |
| Reed-Custer High School | 3.7% | 380 |
| Arnold J. Tyler School | 3.7% | 377 |
| L.J. Stevens Intermediate School | 3.7% | 350 |
| Luther J. Schilling School | 2.2% | 602 |
| Nelson Ridge School | 2.9% | 449 |
| Peotone Elementary School | 4.3% | 300 |
| Mokena Junior High School | 2.6% | 503 |
| Gompers Junior High School | 1.9% | 695 |
| Creekside Elementary School | 2.5% | 478 |
| Wayne Builta Elementary School | 3.7% | 326 |
| Bentley Elementary School | 3.2% | 375 |
| Eisenhower Academy | 5.3% | 227 |
| Troy Shorewood School | 3.7% | 326 |
| Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School | 3% | 394 |
| Reed Elementary School | 3.9% | 305 |
| Union Elementary School | 9% | 122 |
| William E. Young School | 2.4% | 463 |
| Peotone Junior High School | 3.7% | 297 |
| Mokena Intermediate School | 3.3% | 338 |
| Crystal Lawns Elementary School | 3.3% | 302 |
| Indian Trail Elementary School | 3.3% | 299 |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School | 2.2% | 454 |
| Homer Junior High School | 1.3% | 795 |
| Frankfort Square Elementary School | 6.3% | 160 |
| Beecher Elementary School | 2.3% | 438 |
| Beecher High School | 3% | 337 |
| Anna McDonald Elementary School | 1.7% | 585 |
| Goodings Grove School | 2.6% | 388 |
| Channahon Junior High School | 0% | 260 |
| Cherry Hill Elementary And Early Childhood Center | 0% | 152 |
| Ludwig Elementary School | 0% | 314 |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School | 0% | 710 |
| William J. Butler School | 0% | 563 |
| Wilmington High School | 0% | 406 |
| Wilmington Middle School | 0% | 262 |
| Woodland Elementary School | 0% | 348 |
| Fairmont School | 0% | 283 |
| Forest Park Individual Education School | 0% | 267 |
| Beecher Junior High School | 0% | 258 |
| Bruning Elementary School | 0% | 191 |
| N.B. Galloway Elementary School | 0% | 363 |
| Nelson Prairie School | 0% | 376 |
| Elwood C.C. School | 0% | 270 |
| Three Rivers School | 0% | 260 |
| Troy Hofer Elementary School | 0% | 414 |
| Kelvin Grove Junior High School | 0% | 289 |
| Peotone Intermediate Center | 0% | 155 |
| Pioneer Path School | 0% | 247 |
| Reed-Custer Middle School | 0% | 273 |
| A.O. Marshall Elementary School | 0% | 211 |
| Arbury Hills Elementary School | 0% | 176 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Mokena Junior High School• Lincoln-Way East High School• Crone Middle School• River View Elementary School• Peotone High School• Spencer Trail School• Kelvin Grove Junior High School• Kendall Elementary School• Orenic Intermediate School• Troy Middle School• Richland Elementary School• Goodings Grove School• Kingsley Elementary School• Fairmont School• Crete Elementary School• Timber Ridge Middle School• Clow Elementary School• Monee Elementary School• Peterson Elementary School• Mokena Elementary School• Milne Grove Elementary School• Woodland Elementary School• Julian Rogus Elementary School• Plainfield East High School• Balmoral Elementary School• Edna Keith Elementary School• Walker Intermediate School• Meadow View Elementary School• The Wheatlands Elementary School• Hufford Junior High School• Walsh Elementary School• Summit Hill Junior High School• Three Rivers School• Liberty Elementary School• Grand Prairie Elementary School• Welch Elementary School• Cherry Hill Elementary School• Nelson Prairie School• Bentley Elementary School• Independence Elementary School• Peotone Junior High School• Central Elementary School• Reed-Custer Elementary School• Troy Craughwell School• Ridge Elementary School• Hadley Middle School• Chelsea Elementary School• Steger Intermediate Center• Spencer Pointe School• Frankfort Square Elementary School• Union Elementary School• Crystal Lawns Elementary School• Thomas Jefferson Elementary School• Creekside Elementary School• Columbia Central School• Oster-Oakview School• Luther J Schilling School• Homer Junior High School• A. Vito Martinez Middle School• Liberty Junior High School• Oak Prairie Junior High School• Peotone Elementary School• Reed-Custer Middle School• T.e. Culbertson Elementary School• Neuqua Valley High School• Troy Hofer Elementary School• Joliet West High School• Pioneer Path School• Romeoville High School• Spring Brook Elementary School• Illinois State Board of Education• Lincoln-Way Central High School• Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School• Plainfield Central High School• Wilmington High School• Joliet Central High School• Beecher Elementary School• Arnold J. Tyler School• Pershing Elementary School• Graham Elementary School• Gregory Middle School• John J. Lukancic Middle School• L.j. Stevens Intermediate School• Oak View Elementary School• Patterson Elementary School• Ludwig Elementary School• Lockport Township High School• Spencer Crossing Intermediate School• Bolingbrook High School• M.j. Cunningham Elementary School• Chaney-Monge School• John F Kennedy Middle School• Scullen Middle School• Troy Heritage Trail School• Jane Addams Middle School• Arbury Hills Elementary School• Eisenhower Academy• Brooks Middle School• Laraway Elementary School• River Woods Elementary School• Farragut Elementary School• Peotone Intermediate Center• Taft Elementary School• William E. Young School• Hickory Creek Middle School• Rockdale Elementary School• Beecher Junior High School• Coretta Scott King Magnet School• Wolfs Crossing Elementary School• Wood View Elementary School• Indian Trail Elementary School• Manhattan Junior High School• Builta Elementary School• Walnut Trails Elementary School• Mokena Intermediate School• N.b. Galloway Elementary School• Talala Elementary School• Irene King Elementary School• Plainfield North High School• Grand Prairie Elementary School• Nelson Ridge School• Dirksen Junior High School• Alex M. Martino Junior High School• Carl Sandburg Elementary School• Robert C. Hill Elementary School• Reed-Custer High School• Troy Cronin Elementary School• Anna McDonald Elementary School• Bernard J. Ward Elementary School• Elwood C C School• Walkers Grove Elementary School• Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School• Freedom Elementary School• John R. Tibbott Elementary School• Troy Shorewood School• Lakewood Falls Elementary School• Indian Trail Middle School• Jamie Mcgee Elementary School• A.o. Marshall Elementary School• Sator Sanchez Elementary School• Bruning Elementary School• Lincoln Elementary School• Pioneer Elementary School• Crete Monee High School• Beecher High School• Taft Grade School• Bednarcik Junior High School• Haines Elementary School• Channahon Junior High School• Drauden Point Middle School• Homestead Elementary School• Skoff Elementary School• Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School• Lynne Thigpen Elementary School• Richard Ira Jones Middle School• Crete-Monee Middle School• Gompers Junior High School• Reed Elementary School• Eagle Pointe Elementary School• William J. Butler School• Fry Elementary School• Washington Junior High And Academy Program• Forest Park Individual Ed School• Jonas E. Salk Elementary School• Isaac Singleton Elementary School• Wilmington Middle School• Wesmere Elementary School• Lincoln-Way West High School• Wilson Creek Elementary School• Heritage Grove Middle School
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