Chicago City Wire

There were 140 white students enrolled in Rosemont Elementary School District 78 in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Rosemont Elementary School District 78 welcomed 219 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 66.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Rosemont Elementary School District 78 roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Rosemont.

Rosemont Elementary School is the only one school in the Rosemont Elementary School District 78 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 140 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	211	140	66.4%
2021	210	140	66.7%
2020	215	135	62.8%
2019	219	131	59.8%
2018	219	124	56.6%