North Cook News

There were 327 white students enrolled in Fairview School District 72 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Fairview School District 72 welcomed 731 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 46.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Fairview School District 72 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Skokie.

Fairview South Elementary School is the only one school in the Fairview School District 72 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 327 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	703	327	46.5%
2021	722	340	47.1%
2020	716	360	50.3%
2019	740	361	48.8%
2018	731	359	49.1%