Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 welcomed 8,287 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 4.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Cicero.
Among the three schools in J. Sterling Morton High School District 201, J. Sterling Morton West High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 210 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 | 7,890 | 354 | 4.5% |
| 2021 | 7,661 | 322 | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 8,053 | 365 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 8,417 | 401 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 8,287 | 407 | 4.9% |
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