Enrollment Analysis: Multiracial students comprised 4.5% of DuPage County’s student body in 2024-25 school year

Antoine Anderson Principal at Glenbard East High School
Antoine Anderson Principal at Glenbard East High School

There were 6,041 multiracial students enrolled in DuPage County public in the 2024-25 school year, 6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 4.5% of the 134,160 students during the 2024-25 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 226 schools in DuPage County, Hinsdale Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 149 students.

As of the 2024-25 school year, Illinois public schools served just under 1.85 million K-12 students statewide, continuing a slow decline in enrollment from previous years. During that same period, the state recorded a student-teacher ratio of about 17:1 as full-time equivalent teachers rose to a record 137,899.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state’s demographic changes. Between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately two million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 153,000 students or 7.6%.

Ethnicities in DuPage County in 2024-25 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in DuPage County County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
School name% of Multiracial students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Hinsdale Central High School6.2%2,388
Metea Valley High School5.1%2,726
Naperville Central High School5.5%2,497
Waubonsie Valley High School5%2,713
Naperville North High School5.1%2,476
York Community High School4.3%2,559
Downers Grove South High School4.2%2,551
Wheaton Warrenville South High School5.9%1,819
Downers Grove North High School4.6%2,047
Wheaton North High School5%1,830
Willowbrook High School4.1%1,904
Bartlett High School3.3%2,192
Glenbard West High School3%2,299
Lake Park High School2.8%2,466
Hinsdale South High School5.1%1,324
Hadley Junior High School5.6%1,133
Hinsdale Middle School8.2%753
Kennedy Junior High School6.6%934
Meadow Glens Elementary School11.8%474
Steeple Run Elementary School9%623
Elmwood Elementary School7.5%724
Lisle Elementary School6.7%759
Gower West Elementary School9.8%521
Fischer Middle School5.7%839
Glenbard East High School2.2%2,216
Glen Crest Middle School6.4%718
Glenbard North High School2.3%2,043
Hubble Middle School6.6%684
Francis Granger Middle School4.4%1,023
Beebe Elementary School7.3%617
Reba O. Steck Elementary School7%645
Lincoln Junior High School5.7%769
Jackson Middle School7%626
Oak Elementary School10.2%432
Ranch View Elementary School7.4%581
Glenbard South High School3.9%1,091
Community High School2.1%1,975
Goodrich Elementary School11%382
Highlands Elementary School8%510
Jefferson Junior High School5%827
Mill Street Elementary School6.7%596
Hawthorne Elementary School6.6%576
Madison Junior High School6.7%563
Sandburg Middle School5.8%633
Westmore Elementary School8.8%422
Bryan Middle School5.4%680
Thayer J. Hill Middle School4.6%813
Clarendon Hills Middle School8%448
Brook Forest Elementary School12.3%292
May Watts Elementary School5.5%651
Monroe Elementary School11.1%324
Gower Middle School8.8%407
Lincoln Elementary School6.9%510
Washington Junior High School6.4%547
Field Elementary School7.9%431
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School5%675
Tioga Elementary School4.5%736
Monroe Middle School4.6%714
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School5.6%571
Hillcrest Elementary School8.5%365
Elm Elementary School10.9%284
Prairie Elementary School6.1%508
Prairieview Elementary School5%625
Whittier Elementary School6.8%442
Madison Elementary School6.6%458
Maplebrook Elementary School5.9%511
Mark DeLay School6.7%451
Sycamore Trails Elementary School4.9%613
Ellsworth Elementary School13.3%226
Walker School9.6%301
McCarty Elementary School6.2%468
Edison Middle School4.7%617
Lester Elementary School5.7%491
Fenton High School2.1%1,334
Jefferson Elementary School8%349
Still Middle School4%706
O’Neill Middle School7%398
Centennial School5.5%488
Lisle High School6.4%420
Forest Glen Elementary School4.5%606
John L. Sipley Elementary School6.4%420
Clifford Johnson School5.7%458
Franklin Middle School5.1%513
Brookdale Elementary School5.7%457
J.T. Manning Elementary School6.9%378
Glenn Westlake Middle School2.8%942
Addison Trail High School1.4%1,839
Herrick Middle School4%618
Holmes Elementary School5%505
Westview Hills Middle School5.6%446
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School4.4%574
Evergreen Elementary School6.5%382
Pleasant Hill Elementary School4.4%571
Georgetown Elementary School6.1%408
Concord Elementary School5.4%447
Indian Trail Elementary School7%341
Henry Puffer School7.3%328
Horizon Elementary School5.1%472
Wesley A. Johnson School3.9%614
Madison Elementary School5.2%458
The Lane Elementary School7%343
Bower Elementary School5.4%423
Emerson Elementary School5.3%436
Greenbrook Elementary School5.6%408
Lisle Junior High School6.7%329
Wayne Elementary School5.7%388
Nancy Young Elementary School3.8%586
Owen Elementary School3.9%569
Westfield Elementary School6.7%315
Westmont High School5.6%378
Willow Creek Elementary School6.1%347
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School3.8%555
Briar Glen Elementary School4.1%511
Jackson Elementary School5%424
Elizabeth Ide Elementary School5.2%405
Emerson Elementary School4.8%436
Peter M. Gombert Elementary School4.9%428
Churchill Elementary School3.1%637
Longfellow Elementary School6.4%311
Spring Wood Middle School4.8%418
White Eagle Elementary School3.7%534
Blackhawk Middle School3%659
Edgewood Elementary School5.7%351
Ardmore Elementary School4.8%415
Lace Elementary School5.1%374
Spring Trail Elementary School4.7%406
Washington Elementary School5%378
Wiesbrook Elementary School3.9%484
Meadowview Elementary School4.6%410
Pierce Downer Elementary School5.6%338
Prospect Elementary School6.3%300
Cass Junior High School5.8%312
Conrad Fischer Elementary School3.3%551
Lincoln Elementary School3.5%510
Scott Elementary School4.2%431
Belle Aire Elementary School7.3%246
Edison Elementary School5.6%322
Park View Elementary School4.6%389
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School3.4%531
Carol Stream Elementary School6%283
Churchville Middle School3.5%483
William F. Murphy Elementary School4.3%391
William Hammerschmidt Elementary School4.6%369
Manor Hill Elementary School5.5%307
Marquardt Middle School2.3%747
Glenside Middle School2.4%719
Highland Elementary School4.8%332
Fairmount Elementary School5%319
Madison Elementary School3.5%458
Maercker Elementary School3.6%448
Stevenson School9.4%171
Longwood Elementary School4.4%338
Schafer Elementary School4.1%370
Heritage Lakes Elementary School4.1%367
Naper Elementary School6.4%234
North Elementary School3.6%418
Norton Creek Elementary School3.3%460
El Sierra Elementary School4.8%313
Kingsley Elementary School4.3%347
Raymond Benson Primary School4.8%314
Glen Hill Primary School3.9%386
York Center Elementary School8.5%164
Medinah Intermediate School5.7%247
Westmont Junior High School4.7%296
Burr Ridge Middle School7.3%192
Butler Junior High School8.6%163
Eisenhower Junior High School3.4%407
Americana Intermediate School3.5%403
C.E. Miller Elementary School6.8%192
Hawthorne Elementary School2.3%576
Westview Elementary School4.8%269
Winfield Central School7%187
Prairieview Elementary School2.1%625
Carl Sandburg Elementary School3.1%387
Leman Middle School1.2%1,036
Lowell Elementary School4.2%286
Dujardin Elementary School3.6%337
Black Hawk Elementary School3.1%390
Anne M. Jeans Elementary School4.6%262
Lakeview Junior High School3.3%335
Westfield Middle School2.2%489
Winnebago Elementary School3%372
Jefferson Middle School3.1%360
Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School3.5%316
Arbor View Elementary School3.6%306
Salt Creek Elementary School6.8%147
F.E. Peacock Middle School3.3%302
Medinah Primary School3.9%258
Stone Elementary School2.8%362
Oakbrook Elementary School4.1%246
Cloverdale Elementary School0%494
Currier Elementary School0%357
Lake Park Elementary School0%288
Lincoln Elementary School0%510
Spring Hills Elementary School0%442
Stella May Swartz Elementary School0%159
Reskin Elementary School0%442
Roselle Middle School0%226
Roy De Shane Elementary School0%229
Illinois Youth Center – Warrenville0%34
Indian Knoll Elementary School0%372
Indian Trail Junior High School0%1,114
Waterbury Elementary School0%405
Wegner Elementary School0%383
Wesley Elementary School0%223
Western Trails Elementary School0%275
Whittier Elementary School0%442
Winfield Primary School0%120
Wood Dale Junior High School0%264
Fullerton Elementary School0%373
Benjamin Middle School0%254
Butterfield Elementary School0%294
Jay Stream Middle School0%522
John E. Albright Middle School0%179
Medinah Middle School0%241
Stratford Middle School0%560
Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School0%382
Erickson Elementary School0%445
Turner Elementary School0%348
Park View Elementary School0%389
Pioneer Elementary School0%291
Pleasant Lane Elementary School0%247
Ardmore Elementary School0%415
Army Trail Elementary School0%251
G. Stanley Hall Elementary School0%314
Gary Elementary School0%424

Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.



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