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DuPage County's student body comprised mostly of white students in 2021-22 school year

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John E. Albright Middle School Principal Gerrie Aulisa (2023)
John E. Albright Middle School Principal Gerrie Aulisa (2023) | John E. Albright Middle School
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By DuPage Policy Journal

Of the many ethnicities represented in DuPage County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among DuPage County students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 142,951 students attending DuPage County schools, 49.9% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 23.2% of DuPage County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in DuPage County, representing 50.5% of the student body.

Downers Grove South High School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, including 53.8% white students, 21.5% Hispanic students, 11.1% African American students, 6.8% Asian students, 3.7% American Indian students, and 2.9% multiracial students.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.3% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

Ethnicities in DuPage County Schools in 2021-22 School Year
Students' Ethnicity in DuPage County Schools in 2021-22 School Year
School nameMost prevalent ethnicityPercent of Total Student BodyTotal Enrolment
Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhite72.3%541
Addison Early Learning CenterWhite51.3%154
Addison Trail High SchoolHispanic65.6%1,906
Americana Intermediate SchoolHispanic41.3%421
Ann Reid Early Childhood CenterWhite45.3%349
Anne M. Jeans Elementary SchoolAfrican American65.5%238
Arbor View Elementary SchoolWhite51.7%319
Ardmore Elementary SchoolHispanic71.8%238
Ardmore Elementary SchoolWhite69.5%453
Arlene Welch Elementary SchoolAsian45.8%550
Army Trail Elementary SchoolHispanic43.9%294
Beebe Elementary SchoolWhite49.5%590
Belle Aire Elementary SchoolWhite71.1%232
Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolWhite83.6%556
Benjamin Middle SchoolWhite63.2%261
Black Hawk Elementary SchoolHispanic41.5%393
Blackhawk Middle SchoolHispanic71.4%643
Bower Elementary SchoolWhite60.3%436
Briar Glen Elementary SchoolWhite65%494
Brook Forest Elementary SchoolAsian55.1%243
Brookdale Elementary SchoolWhite42.1%497
Bryan Middle SchoolWhite81.6%695
Burr Ridge Middle SchoolAfrican American68.6%207
Butler Junior High SchoolAsian49.2%197
Butterfield Elementary SchoolWhite55.1%267
C.E. Miller Elementary SchoolWhite59.9%197
Carl Sandburg Elementary SchoolWhite61.8%382
Carol Stream Elementary SchoolWhite43%272
Cass Junior High SchoolWhite64.5%324
Churchill Elementary SchoolWhite40.7%646
Churchville Middle SchoolWhite49.9%435
Clarendon Hills Middle SchoolWhite74%531
Clifford Crone Middle SchoolWhite46.2%844
Clifford Johnson SchoolHispanic50.9%452
Cloverdale Elementary SchoolWhite41.1%550
Community Consolidated School District 93White39.9%168
Community High SchoolHispanic69.7%1,982
Concord Elementary SchoolWhite64.2%467
Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolHispanic56.5%545
Currier Elementary SchoolHispanic89.3%365
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary SchoolAsian54.6%619
Downers Grove North High SchoolWhite72.3%2,126
Downers Grove South High SchoolWhite53.8%2,682
Dujardin Elementary SchoolWhite62.3%369
Early Childhood Education CenterHispanic50%84
Early Learning CenterHispanic77.9%86
Edgewood Elementary SchoolWhite38%355
Edison Elementary SchoolWhite81.6%516
Edison Middle SchoolWhite71.4%654
Eisenhower Junior High SchoolWhite57.2%451
El Sierra Elementary SchoolWhite58.9%258
Elizabeth Ide Elementary SchoolWhite64.7%385
Ellsworth Elementary SchoolWhite67.8%236
Elm Elementary SchoolWhite44.3%314
Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate SchoolWhite71.3%303
Elmwood Elementary SchoolWhite64.6%670
Elsie C. Johnson Elementary SchoolHispanic42.9%345
Emerson Elementary SchoolWhite63.7%256
Emerson Elementary SchoolWhite71.5%428
Erickson Elementary SchoolWhite68.2%490
Evergreen Elementary SchoolWhite63.9%352
F.E. Peacock Middle SchoolWhite70.7%355
Fairmount Elementary SchoolWhite77.3%317
Fenton High SchoolHispanic64.3%1,397
Field Elementary SchoolWhite65.5%383
Fischer Middle SchoolWhite36.2%798
Forest Glen Elementary SchoolWhite65.3%631
Francis Granger Middle SchoolAsian43.6%1,034
Franklin Middle SchoolWhite61%590
Fry Elementary SchoolAsian57.6%616
Fullerton Elementary SchoolHispanic65.9%451
G. Stanley Hall Elementary SchoolHispanic45.8%319
Gary Elementary SchoolHispanic81.9%496
Georgetown Elementary SchoolHispanic47%460
Glen Crest Middle SchoolWhite57.6%693
Glen Hill Primary SchoolHispanic44.1%404
Glenbard East High SchoolWhite40%2,222
Glenbard North High SchoolWhite33.8%2,175
Glenbard South High SchoolWhite58.8%1,094
Glenbard West High SchoolWhite55.6%2,297
Glenn Westlake Middle SchoolWhite60.2%934
Glenside Middle SchoolHispanic50.1%773
Goodrich Elementary SchoolWhite54.3%392
Gordon Gregory Middle SchoolWhite49.1%715
Gower Middle SchoolWhite56.6%378
Gower West Elementary SchoolWhite59.1%540
Greenbrook Elementary SchoolHispanic41.7%475
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary SchoolAsian46%554
Hadley Junior High SchoolWhite67%1,103
Hawthorne Elementary SchoolWhite78.2%629
Hawthorne Elementary SchoolWhite55.7%174
Henry Puffer SchoolWhite72.1%358
Heritage Lakes Elementary SchoolWhite56.7%314
Herrick Middle SchoolWhite79.4%640
Highland Elementary SchoolWhite83.2%370
Highlands Elementary SchoolWhite63.2%494
Hillcrest Elementary SchoolWhite82.7%347
Hinsdale Central High SchoolWhite65.8%2,490
Hinsdale Middle SchoolWhite65.6%738
Hinsdale South High SchoolWhite56.7%1,299
Holmes Elementary SchoolWhite44.3%467
Hubble Middle SchoolWhite55.9%700
Indian Knoll Elementary SchoolHispanic71.9%270
Indian Trail Elementary SchoolWhite60.9%350
Indian Trail Junior High SchoolHispanic69.8%1,261
J.T. Manning Elementary SchoolWhite62.5%400
Jackson Elementary SchoolWhite71.2%441
Jackson Middle SchoolWhite48%665
Jay Stream Middle SchoolWhite46.7%538
Jefferson Early Childhood CenterWhite71.2%226
Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhite76%383
Jefferson Junior High SchoolWhite49.2%813
Jefferson Middle SchoolHispanic54.2%413
John E. Albright Middle SchoolWhite51.9%212
John L. Sipley Elementary SchoolWhite39.8%347
John Schroder Early Childhood CenterWhite61.3%119
Kennedy Junior High SchoolWhite50.8%981
Kingsley Elementary SchoolWhite72.2%360
Kingsley Elementary SchoolWhite65.1%436
Lace Elementary SchoolWhite57.8%384
Lake Park Elementary SchoolHispanic83.6%238
Lake Park High SchoolWhite60.7%2,527
Lakeview Junior High SchoolWhite70.3%347
Leman Middle SchoolHispanic82.3%1,146
Lester Elementary SchoolWhite79.5%518
Lincoln Elementary SchoolHispanic86.3%315
Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhite66.4%438
Lincoln Elementary SchoolWhite82.6%86
Lincoln Junior High SchoolWhite72.4%740
Lisle Elementary SchoolWhite58.2%722
Lisle High SchoolWhite59.9%389
Lisle Junior High SchoolWhite57.6%323
Longfellow Elementary SchoolWhite77.3%330
Longwood Elementary SchoolHispanic26.6%369
Lowell Elementary SchoolWhite62%258
Madison Early Childhood CenterWhite66.1%257
Madison Elementary SchoolWhite68.9%405
Madison Elementary SchoolWhite65.8%407
Madison Elementary SchoolWhite45.1%481
Madison Junior High SchoolWhite63.1%597
Maercker Elementary SchoolWhite42.2%398
Manor Hill Elementary SchoolWhite48.1%266
Maplebrook Elementary SchoolWhite71.4%518
Mark DeLay SchoolWhite57.2%442
Marquardt Middle SchoolHispanic54.8%846
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary SchoolAsian47.6%590
May Watts Elementary SchoolAsian53.3%569
McCarty Elementary SchoolWhite36.9%499
Meadow Glens Elementary SchoolWhite48.1%480
Meadowview Elementary SchoolWhite52.6%367
Medinah Intermediate SchoolWhite65.5%206
Medinah Middle SchoolWhite68.1%204
Medinah Primary SchoolWhite61.8%246
Metea Valley High SchoolAsian33.5%2,935
Mill Street Elementary SchoolWhite52.9%586
Monroe Elementary SchoolWhite71.6%313
Monroe Middle SchoolWhite58%697
Nancy Young Elementary SchoolAsian53.8%602
Naper Elementary SchoolWhite60.3%229
Naperville Central High SchoolWhite66.3%2,576
Naperville North High SchoolWhite58.7%2,635
Neuqua Valley High SchoolWhite47.1%3,324
North Elementary SchoolHispanic52.9%367
O'Neill Middle SchoolWhite69%420
Oak Elementary SchoolWhite69.9%369
Oakbrook Elementary SchoolHispanic50.8%254
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary SchoolAsian55.8%432
Owen Elementary SchoolAsian44.1%506
Park View Elementary SchoolWhite70.4%223
Park View Elementary SchoolWhite59%412
Patterson Elementary SchoolWhite52.4%490
Peter M. Gombert Elementary SchoolWhite30.8%334
Pierce Downer Elementary SchoolWhite89.2%343
Pioneer Elementary SchoolHispanic86.5%296
Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolWhite54.3%551
Pleasant Lane Elementary SchoolWhite75.9%245
Prairie Children PreschoolAsian45.4%513
Prairie Elementary SchoolWhite72.6%496
Prairieview Elementary SchoolWhite68.2%352
Prospect Elementary SchoolWhite71.9%338
Queen Bee SchoolHispanic43.1%65
Ranch View Elementary SchoolWhite48.1%563
Raymond Benson Primary SchoolWhite69%342
Reba O. Steck Elementary SchoolAsian43.2%637
Reskin Elementary SchoolHispanic70.1%384
River Woods Elementary SchoolWhite60.7%486
Robert Clow Elementary SchoolWhite51.8%369
Roselle Middle SchoolWhite76%233
Roy De Shane Elementary SchoolWhite38.2%251
Salt Creek Elementary SchoolWhite65.6%131
Sandburg Middle SchoolWhite73.8%623
Schafer Elementary SchoolHispanic57%433
Scott Elementary SchoolWhite60%432
Scullen Middle SchoolAsian53.3%1,020
South SchoolWhite63.3%49
Spring Brook Elementary SchoolWhite52.5%566
Spring Hills Elementary SchoolWhite76%433
Spring Wood Middle SchoolHispanic37.3%456
Steeple Run Elementary SchoolWhite46.3%603
Stella May Swartz Elementary SchoolWhite60.6%142
Stevenson SchoolHispanic35%200
Still Middle SchoolAsian35.7%748
Stone Elementary SchoolWhite43.2%431
Stratford Middle SchoolWhite42.4%554
Thayer J. Hill Middle SchoolAsian35.9%839
The Lane Elementary SchoolWhite67.8%323
Thomas Jefferson Junior High SchoolWhite37.9%610
Tioga Elementary SchoolHispanic67.2%693
Trinity SchoolHispanic100%72
Turner Elementary SchoolHispanic80.4%285
V. Blanche Graham Elementary SchoolWhite44.3%287
Walker SchoolWhite73.4%331
Washington Elementary SchoolWhite62.8%371
Washington Junior High SchoolWhite72%554
Waterbury Elementary SchoolWhite58.4%394
Waubonsie Valley High SchoolWhite39.4%2,447
Wayne Builta Elementary SchoolAsian52.1%282
Wegner Elementary SchoolHispanic62.8%349
Wesley A. Johnson SchoolHispanic73%640
Wesley Elementary SchoolHispanic49.7%179
West Chicago D33 ELC Winfield Primary AnnexHispanic75.7%103
Western Trails Elementary SchoolWhite38.9%257
Westfield Elementary SchoolWhite63.2%310
Westfield Middle SchoolWhite69.5%495
Westmont High SchoolWhite53.9%380
Westmont Junior High SchoolWhite55%280
Westmore Elementary SchoolWhite58.5%381
Westview Elementary SchoolHispanic52%252
Westview Hills Middle SchoolWhite45.9%442
Wheaton North High SchoolWhite62.9%1,914
Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolWhite63.3%1,824
White Eagle Elementary SchoolAsian45.8%526
Whittier Elementary SchoolWhite83.7%289
Whittier Elementary SchoolWhite76.6%415
Wiesbrook Elementary SchoolWhite83.8%475
William F. Murphy Elementary SchoolWhite45.3%360
William Hammerschmidt Elementary SchoolWhite80.6%392
Willow Creek Elementary SchoolWhite54.9%308
Willowbrook High SchoolWhite46.6%1,870
Winfield Central SchoolWhite62.6%214
Winfield Primary SchoolWhite70.9%110
Winnebago Elementary SchoolWhite36.3%397
Wood Dale Junior High SchoolHispanic58.3%314
York Center Elementary SchoolHispanic46.3%203
York Community High SchoolWhite69.2%2,743

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