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Lake County's student body comprised mostly of white students in 2021-22 school year

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River Trail School Principal Dr. Jennifer Glickley (2023) | River Trail School

River Trail School Principal Dr. Jennifer Glickley (2023) | River Trail School

Of the many ethnicities represented in Lake County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Lake County students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 122,494 students attending Lake County schools, 44.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33.8% of Lake County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Lake County, representing 45% of the student body.

Warren Township High School had the most diverse student body in Lake County, including American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, multiracial, and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.5% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

Ethnicities in Lake County Schools in 2021-22 School Year
White [44.4%]Hispanic [33.8%]Asian [9.8%]African American [6.8%]Ethnicities <5% [4.2%]
Students' Ethnicity in Lake County Schools in 2021-22 School Year
School nameMost prevalent ethnicityPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrolment
A.J. Katzenmaier AcademyHispanic47.3%338
Adlai E. Stevenson High SchoolWhite49%4,352
Adler Park SchoolWhite72.8%224
Alan B. Shepard Middle SchoolWhite81.3%486
Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary SchoolHispanic74.5%322
Antioch Community High SchoolWhite76.3%1,268
Antioch Upper Grade SchoolWhite69.3%907
Aptakisic Junior High SchoolAsian50.1%853
Arnett C. Lines Elementary SchoolWhite72.4%500
Avon Center Elementary SchoolHispanic53.6%347
B.J. Hooper Elementary SchoolWhite54%596
Bannockburn SchoolWhite68.6%153
Barbara B. Rose Elementary SchoolAsian53.9%382
Barrington Early Learning CenterWhite47.5%198
Barrington High SchoolWhite58.7%2,791
Barrington Middle School - Prairie CampusWhite51.3%988
Barrington Middle School - Station CampusWhite61.9%911
Beach Park Middle SchoolHispanic58%698
Beulah Park Elementary SchoolAfrican American47.7%277
Big Hollow Elementary SchoolWhite54.9%534
Big Hollow Middle SchoolWhite58.7%782
Big Hollow Primary SchoolWhite56.5%395
Braeside Elementary SchoolWhite86.2%269
Butterfield SchoolWhite80.9%460
Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolHispanic53.8%539
Carman-Buckner Elementary SchoolHispanic76.5%464
Charles J. Caruso Middle SchoolWhite84.8%466
Cherokee Elementary SchoolWhite86.5%325
Clearview Elementary SchoolHispanic83.2%441
Copeland Manor Elementary SchoolWhite83.9%367
Cotton Creek SchoolWhite60.3%536
Country Meadows Elementary SchoolWhite47%404
Countryside Elementary SchoolWhite66.2%426
Daniel Wright Junior High SchoolAsian50.1%733
Deer Path Middle School EastWhite84.3%362
Deer Path Middle School WestWhite87%384
Deerfield High SchoolWhite84.9%1,460
Earl Pritchett SchoolAsian58.3%434
Early Learning CenterHispanic74.4%121
East Elementary SchoolHispanic91.3%253
Edgewood Middle SchoolWhite79%689
Edith M. Smith Middle SchoolHispanic75.5%552
Elmwood Elementary SchoolHispanic46.2%275
Emmons Grade SchoolWhite86.7%300
Evelyn Alexander SchoolHispanic47.9%332
Everett Elementary SchoolWhite79.7%300
Fairhaven SchoolHispanic64.2%302
Forrestal Elementary SchoolAfrican American35.7%412
Frederick SchoolWhite53%592
Fremont Elementary SchoolWhite64.9%666
Fremont Intermediate SchoolWhite67.1%651
Fremont Junior High/Middle SchoolWhite65.7%776
Gavin Central Elementary SchoolWhite56.4%472
Gavin South Middle SchoolWhite56.9%327
Glen Flora Elementary SchoolHispanic74.7%455
Glenwood Elementary SchoolHispanic81.7%630
Grant Community High SchoolWhite56.1%1,815
Grass Lake Elementary SchoolWhite82.8%174
Grayslake Central High SchoolWhite58.2%1,331
Grayslake Early Childhood CenterWhite45.1%144
Grayslake Middle SchoolWhite50.9%636
Grayslake North High SchoolWhite53.1%1,266
Green Bay SchoolWhite46.7%227
Greenbay Elementary SchoolHispanic47%164
Greenwood Elementary SchoolHispanic74.4%281
Grove Avenue Elementary SchoolWhite58.2%464
H.R. McCall Elementary SchoolHispanic72.4%391
Half Day SchoolAsian52.4%595
Hawthorn Aspen Elementary SchoolWhite55.8%339
Hawthorn Elementary School NorthWhite49.8%420
Hawthorn Elementary School SouthAsian44.6%509
Hawthorn Middle School NorthWhite43.4%611
Hawthorn Middle School SouthWhite41.9%657
Hawthorn School for Young LearnersWhite41.8%239
Hawthorn School of Dual LanguageHispanic63.2%383
Hawthorn Townline Elementary SchoolWhite42.8%290
Highland Middle SchoolWhite75.8%760
Highland Park High SchoolWhite63.7%1,760
Hillcrest Elementary SchoolWhite62.6%604
Hough Street Elementary SchoolWhite77.2%259
Howe Elementary SchoolHispanic77.7%354
Hyde Park Elementary SchoolHispanic81.2%271
Indian Hill Elementary SchoolHispanic70.2%449
Indian Trail Elementary SchoolWhite80.9%455
Isaac Fox Elementary SchoolWhite82.7%521
Ivy Hall Elementary SchoolWhite45.2%451
Jack Benny Middle SchoolHispanic74.3%561
John R. Lewis Middle SchoolHispanic77.1%774
John S. Clark Elementary SchoolHispanic70.1%231
Kenneth Murphy SchoolHispanic48.6%333
Kildeer Countryside Elementary SchoolWhite57.1%448
Kipling Elementary SchoolWhite84.4%442
LEARN Charter - North Chicago CampusHispanic58.1%484
LEARN Charter - Waukegan CampusHispanic85.7%427
Lake Bluff Elementary SchoolWhite76.5%544
Lake Bluff Middle SchoolWhite68.1%313
Lake Forest High SchoolWhite79.1%1,454
Lake Zurich High SchoolWhite78.4%1,767
Lake Zurich Middle School - North CampusWhite76.9%685
Lake Zurich Middle School - South CampusWhite80.8%595
Lakes Community High SchoolWhite77.1%1,276
Lakeview SchoolAfrican American52.8%288
Laura B. Sprague SchoolWhite45.1%523
Learn 10 Charter SchoolHispanic48.9%264
Libertyville High SchoolWhite76.1%1,800
Lincoln Elementary SchoolHispanic69.1%68
Lincoln SchoolHispanic38.5%109
Little Fort Elementary SchoolHispanic72.2%410
Lotus SchoolWhite59.9%364
Lyon Magnet Elementary SchoolHispanic83.9%454
Magee Middle SchoolHispanic80.9%679
Mary Kay McNeill Early Learning CenterWhite67.5%120
Matthews Middle SchoolWhite58.5%525
May Whitney Elementary SchoolWhite73.8%660
Meadowview SchoolWhite60.7%361
Mechanics Grove Elementary SchoolHispanic55.6%493
Meridian SchoolAsian58.9%652
Miguel Juarez Middle SchoolHispanic84.5%749
Millburn Elementary SchoolWhite69%684
Millburn Middle SchoolWhite73.9%387
Mundelein Consolidated High SchoolHispanic47.6%2,145
Neal Math Science AcademyHispanic48.6%543
New Tech High - Zion-Benton EastHispanic56.3%355
Newport Elementary SchoolHispanic56.3%231
North Barrington Elementary SchoolWhite79.6%432
North Chicago Community High SchoolHispanic49.3%803
North Elementary SchoolHispanic80.2%474
North Prairie Junior High SchoolWhite47.7%239
Northwood Middle SchoolHispanic53%491
Oak Crest SchoolHispanic53.1%277
Oak Grove Elementary SchoolWhite57.4%906
Oak Terrace Elementary SchoolHispanic62.9%426
Oakdale Elementary SchoolHispanic73.7%422
Oakland Elementary SchoolWhite68%569
Olive C. Martin SchoolWhite44.1%510
Park East SchoolWhite47.2%318
Park West SchoolWhite45.7%381
Peter J. Palombi SchoolWhite52.4%818
Pleviak Elementary SchoolHispanic73.2%381
Prairie Crossing Charter SchoolWhite67.5%425
Prairie Elementary SchoolAsian51.8%417
Prairie Trail SchoolHispanic41.9%394
Prairieview SchoolWhite42.4%330
Ravinia Elementary SchoolWhite88.1%253
Raymond Ellis Elementary SchoolHispanic84.7%541
Red Oak Elementary SchoolHispanic50.4%230
River Trail SchoolHispanic53.7%467
Robert Crown SchoolWhite69.3%849
Robert E. Abbott Middle SchoolHispanic90.5%692
Rockland Elementary SchoolWhite76.6%286
Rondout Elementary SchoolWhite71.3%136
Roslyn Road Elementary SchoolWhite71.4%444
Round Lake Beach Elementary SchoolHispanic81.8%423
Round Lake Middle SchoolHispanic77.2%819
Round Lake Senior High SchoolHispanic78.7%2,187
Sarah Adams Elementary SchoolWhite81.7%360
Seth Paine Elementary SchoolWhite71.9%423
Sheridan Elementary SchoolWhite89.8%216
Sherwood Elementary SchoolWhite80.1%413
Shiloh Park Middle SchoolHispanic55.2%386
South Park Elementary SchoolWhite80.8%421
Spaulding Elementary SchoolHispanic44.9%459
Spencer Loomis Elementary SchoolWhite75.9%469
Stanton SchoolWhite68.7%307
Sunny Hill Elementary SchoolHispanic85.7%279
Tripp SchoolAsian60.4%535
Twin Groves Middle SchoolAsian47.9%599
Vernon Hills High SchoolWhite55.5%1,496
Viking SchoolHispanic44.4%545
Village Elementary SchoolHispanic68.4%348
W.C. Petty Elementary SchoolWhite74.6%410
W.J. Murphy Elementary SchoolHispanic81.1%435
Walden Elementary SchoolWhite82.1%452
Warren Township High SchoolHispanic36.9%3,651
Washington Elementary SchoolHispanic49.7%469
Washington Elementary SchoolHispanic89.6%413
Wauconda Grade SchoolHispanic49%437
Wauconda High SchoolWhite59.9%1,388
Wauconda Middle SchoolWhite63.5%532
Waukegan High SchoolHispanic81.6%4,479
Wayne Thomas Elementary SchoolWhite76.3%333
West Elementary SchoolHispanic63.7%344
West Oak Intermediate SchoolHispanic67.3%263
West Oak Middle SchoolHispanic67.1%295
Westfield SchoolWhite50.3%326
Whittier Elementary SchoolHispanic84.4%454
William L. Thompson SchoolWhite48.4%508
Willow Grove Early Learning CenterWhite48.7%347
Wilmot Elementary SchoolWhite82.7%473
Woodland Elementary SchoolWhite36.6%1,317
Woodland Intermediate SchoolHispanic38.3%1,196
Woodland Middle SchoolWhite36.9%1,695
Woodland Primary SchoolHispanic41.1%609
Woodlawn Middle SchoolWhite48.6%667
Woodview SchoolWhite65.3%403
Zion Central Middle SchoolHispanic58.4%361
Zion-Benton Township High SchoolHispanic51.2%2,146

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