North Cook News

There were 289 white students enrolled in Pennoyer School District 79 in the 2021-22 school year, 9.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Pennoyer School District 79 welcomed 429 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 72.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Pennoyer School District 79 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Norridge.

Pennoyer Elementary School is the only one school in the Pennoyer School District 79 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 289 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	401	289	72.1%
2021	429	320	74.6%
2020	434	320	73.7%
2019	443	333	75.2%
2018	429	318	74.1%