West Cook News

There were 946 white students enrolled in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 welcomed 2,862 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 33.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Elmwood Park.

Among the four schools in Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401, Elmwood Park High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 336 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	2,788	946	33.9%
2021	2,730	994	36.4%
2020	2,774	1,048	37.8%
2019	2,824	1,131	40%
2018	2,862	1,223	42.7%