North Cook News

There were 2,190 white students enrolled in Community Consolidated School District 59 in the 2021-22 school year, 5.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Community Consolidated School District 59 welcomed 6,881 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Community Consolidated School District 59 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Elk Grove Village.

Among the 15 schools in Community Consolidated School District 59, Grove Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 349 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 three percent 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	5,808	2,190	37.7%
2021	6,081	2,325	38.2%
2020	6,416	2,457	38.3%
2019	6,694	2,588	38.7%
2018	6,881	2,665	38.7%