West Cook News

Central Stickney School District 110 welcomed 315 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 7.4% decrease from the previous school year.

Charles J. Sahs Elementary School is the only school in the district with 315 students.

Central Stickney School District 110 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Chicago.

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 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.