Will County Gazette

There were 46,608 white students enrolled in Will County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 45.7% of the 101,920 students in the county. 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 2023-24 school year, with a total of 11,700 students.

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

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

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.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Plainfield School District 202	47.7%	24,554
Lincoln Way Community High School District 210	75.9%	6,658
New Lenox School District 122	81.9%	4,971
Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C	83.3%	3,675
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U	18.4%	14,660
Lockport Township High School District 205	66.7%	3,785
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C	75.5%	2,643
Summit Hill School District 161	70.6%	2,369
Manhattan School District 114	83.5%	1,904
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C	38.2%	3,907
Joliet Township High School District 204	18.6%	6,688
Mokena School District 159	79.4%	1,556
Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U	83.1%	1,324
Will County School District 92	77.4%	1,408
Peotone Community Unit School District 207U	79.8%	1,272
Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U	83.2%	1,209
Channahon School District 17	79.6%	1,130
Joliet Public School District 86	7.4%	9,415
Beecher Community Unit School District 200U	65.7%	1,033
Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U	14.2%	4,407
Lockport School District 91	70.2%	517
Richland Grade School District 88A	26%	813
Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203	60.4%	270
Taft School District 90	60.2%	254
Chaney-Monge School District 88	29.2%	401
Rockdale School District 84	21.3%	240
Union School District 81	38.5%	122
Fairmont School District 89	13.1%	283
Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C	4%	452