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 Riverside School District 96 welcomed 1,720 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 59.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.
Riverside School District 96 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Riverside.
Among the five schools in Riverside School District 96, L.J. Hauser Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 334 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 | 1,660 | 984 | 59.3% |
| 2021 | 1,652 | 991 | 60% |
| 2020 | 1,722 | 1,052 | 61.1% |
| 2019 | 1,711 | 928 | 54.2% |
| 2018 | 1,720 | 1,078 | 62.7% |
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