West Cook News

There were 53 white students enrolled in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 in the 2021-22 school year, 51.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 welcomed 4,872 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 1.2% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the district.

Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Melrose Park.

Among the nine schools in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89, Jane Addams Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 16 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	4,258	53	1.2%
2021	4,420	109	2.5%
2020	4,690	78	1.7%
2019	4,839	74	1.5%
2018	4,872	85	1.7%