Chicago City Wire

Chicago Public School District 299 had the highest enrollment among Cook County districts, welcoming 327,338 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.4% of them were boys, and 49.5% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Chicago Public School District 299 students was Hispanic, accounting for 46.7% of the student population.

Among the 152 districts in Cook County, Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 14,957 students, while Township High School District 211 welcomed 11,981 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Chicago Public School District 299 roughly covers schools within Cook County with its main office in Chicago.

In the previous school year, Chicago Public School District 299 also had the highest number of students among Cook County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Chicago Public School District 299	Chicago	327,338
Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54	Schaumburg	14,957
Township High School District 211	Palatine	11,981
Township High School District 214	Arlington Heights	11,907
Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15	Palatine	11,080
Cicero School District 99	Cicero	9,228
J. Sterling Morton High School District 201	Cicero	7,890
Consolidated High School District 230	Orland Park	7,644
Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65	Evanston	6,661
Maine Township High School District 207	Park Ridge	6,199
Community Consolidated School District 59	Elk Grove Village	5,808
Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21	Wheeling	5,794
Oak Park Elementary School District 97	Oak Park	5,532
Community High School District 218	Oak Lawn	5,341
Arlington Heights School District 25	Arlington Heights	5,278
Orland School District 135	Orland Park	5,149
Northfield Township High School District 225	Glenview	5,096
Bremen Community High School District 228	Midlothian	5,038
Thornton Township High School District 205	South Holland	4,584
Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64	Park Ridge	4,563
Niles Township Community High School District 219	Skokie	4,556
Proviso Township High School District 209	Forest Park	4,415
Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34	Glenview	4,281
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89	Melrose Park	4,258
Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62	Des Plaines	4,213
Lyons Township High School District 204	La Grange	3,919
New Trier Township High School District 203	Northfield	3,846
Evanston Township High School District 202	Evanston	3,653
Kirby School District 140	Tinley Park	3,487
East Maine School District 63	Des Plaines	3,458
Leyden Community High School District 212	Franklin Park	3,392
North Palos School District 117	Palos Hills	3,360
Wilmette School District 39	Wilmette	3,342
Oak Park and River Forest District 200	Oak Park	3,329
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123	Oak Lawn	3,277
Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215	Lansing	3,238
Burbank School District 111	Burbank	3,232
Berwyn South School District 100	Berwyn	3,103
Cook County School District 130	Blue Island	3,023
La Grange School District 102	La Grange Park	2,962
Bloom Township High School District 206	Chicago Heights	2,888
Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401	Elmwood Park	2,788
Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233	Flossmoor	2,720
Chicago Heights School District 170	Chicago Heights	2,654
Rich Township High School District 227	Matteson	2,595
Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144	Markham	2,582
Lansing School District 158	Lansing	2,541
Berwyn North School District 98	Berwyn	2,504
Indian Springs School District 109	Justice	2,413
Mannheim School District 83	Franklin Park	2,409
Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A	Lemont	2,395
Matteson Elementary School District 162	Richton Park	2,362
Berkeley School District 87	Berkeley	2,312
Community Consolidated School District 146	Tinley Park	2,307
Ridgeland School District 122	Oak Lawn	2,300
Flossmoor School District 161	Chicago Heights	2,267
Mount Prospect School District 57	Mount Prospect	2,247
Dolton School District 149	Calumet City	2,242
Bellwood School District 88	Bellwood	2,129
Lyons School District 103	Lyons	2,121
Palos Community Consolidated School District 118	Palos Park	2,017
Reavis Township High School District 220	Burbank	1,983
Dolton School District 148	Riverdale	1,894
Homewood School District 153	Homewood	1,892
Argo Community High School District 217	Summit	1,886
Northbrook School District 28	Northbrook	1,815
Oak Lawn Community High School District 229	Oak Lawn	1,814
Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124	Evergreen Park	1,796
Skokie School District 69	Skokie	1,733
Elementary School District 159	Matteson	1,661
Riverside School District 96	Riverside	1,660
Harvey School District 152	Harvey	1,647
Skokie School District 68	Skokie	1,645
Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208	Riverside	1,625
Winnetka School District 36	Winnetka	1,609
Midlothian School District 143	Midlothian	1,561
Summit School District 104	Summit	1,515
South Holland School District 151	South Holland	1,512
River Trails School District 26	Mount Prospect	1,499
Western Springs School District 101	Western Springs	1,484
Park Forest School District 163	Park Forest	1,480
Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126	Alsip	1,478
Forest Ridge School District 142	Oak Forest	1,473
Prospect Heights School District 23	Prospect Heights	1,462
Steger School District 194	Steger	1,438
River Forest School District 90	River Forest	1,387
Chicago Ridge School District 127-5	Chicago Ridge	1,375
Lemont Township High School District 210	Lemont	1,364
Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95	Brookfield	1,311
Northbrook Elementary School District 27	Northbrook	1,309
Schiller Park School District 81	Schiller Park	1,309
Community Consolidated School District 168	Sauk Village	1,262
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30	Northbrook	1,249
Franklin Park School District 84	Franklin Park	1,247
Country Club Hills School District 160	Country Club Hills	1,236
Lincolnwood School District 74	Lincolnwood	1,219
Glencoe School District 35	Glencoe	1,200
La Grange School District 105 South	La Grange	1,192
Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5	Posen	1,190
Arbor Park School District 145	Oak Forest	1,087
Brookwood School District 167	Glenwood	1,065
Norridge School District 80	Norridge	1,052
Skokie School District 73-5	Skokie	1,044
Worth School District 127	Worth	1,018
Westchester School District 92-5	Westchester	1,014
LaGrange Highlands School District 106	La Grange Highlands	982
Sunnybrook School District 171	Lansing	960
Calumet Public School District 132	Calumet Park	959
Calumet City School District 155	Calumet City	958
Evergreen Park Community High School District 231	Evergreen Park	933
West Northfield School District 31	Northbrook	907
Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park	Chicago	863
Morton Grove School District 70	Morton Grove	854
Hazel Crest School District 152-5	Hazel Crest	849
Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157	Calumet City	836
Pleasantdale School District 107	Burr Ridge	820
South Holland School District 150	South Holland	808
Ridgewood Community High School District 234	Norridge	784
Lincoln Elementary School District 156	Calumet City	779
West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147	Harvey	754
Palos Heights School District 128	Palos Heights	726
Avoca School District 37	Wilmette	721
Fairview School District 72	Skokie	703
Forest Park School District 91	Forest Park	700
Golf Elementary School District 67	Morton Grove	684
River Grove School District 85-5	River Grove	668
Union Ridge School District 86	Harwood Heights	648
Niles Elementary School District 71	Niles	630
Southland College Prep Charter High School	Richton Park	575
Atwood Heights School District 125	Alsip	574
Intrinsic 2 Charter High School	Chicago	569
Betty Shabazz International Charter School	Chicago	558
Horizon Science Acad-Belmont	Chicago	555
East Prairie School District 73	Skokie	543
Rhodes School District 84-5	River Grove	529
Komarek School District 94	North Riverside	490
Sunset Ridge School District 29	Northfield	465
Kenilworth School District 38	Kenilworth	464
Ford Heights School District 169	Ford Heights	433
Hillside School District 93	Hillside	407
Pennoyer School District 79	Norridge	401
Lindop School District 92	Broadview	381
Sandridge School District 172	Lynwood	359
Willow Springs School District 108	Willow Springs	357
Bronzeville Academy Charter School	Chicago	339
Central Stickney School District 110	Chicago	315
Thornton School District 154	Thornton	233
Rosemont Elementary School District 78	Rosemont	211
General George Patton School District 133	Riverdale	210
Burnham School District 154-5	Burnham	166
ACE Amandla Charter School	Chicago	126
Urban Prep West Charter School	Chicago	91