North Cook News

There were 191 white students enrolled in East Prairie School District 73 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that East Prairie School District 73 welcomed 519 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 35.2% of the student body to be the 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 2021-22 school year, with a total of 191 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	543	191	35.2%
2021	504	185	36.7%
2020	527	197	37.4%
2019	502	199	39.6%
2018	519	205	39.5%