There were 149 white students enrolled in East Prairie School District 73 in the 2024-25 school year, 10.2% fewer than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Data showed that East Prairie School District 73 welcomed 517 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 28.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
East Prairie School District 73 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Skokie.
East Prairie Elementary School is the only one school in the East Prairie School District 73 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 149 students.
Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.
Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 517 | 149 | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 166 | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 198 | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 543 | 191 | 35.2% |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 185 | 36.7% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.
