North Cook News

There were 1,866 white students enrolled in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 in the 2021-22 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 welcomed 6,540 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 32.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Wheeling.

Among the 12 schools in Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21, Cooper Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 365 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	5,794	1,866	32.2%
2021	6,002	1,927	32.1%
2020	6,123	1,960	32%
2019	6,215	1,946	31.3%
2018	6,540	2,159	33%