Chicago City Wire

There were 41 white students enrolled in Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park schools in the 2021-22 school year, 14.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park welcomed 790 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park roughly covers schools within Cook County and has a main office in Chicago.

Horizon Science Academy McKinley is the only one school in the Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 41 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	863	41	4.8%
2021	856	48	5.6%
2020	817	54	6.6%
2019	789	56	7.1%
2018	790	47	5.9%