Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 36.1% of DuPage High School District 88’s student body in 2021-22 school year

There were 1,365 white students enrolled in DuPage High School District 88 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that DuPage High School District 88 welcomed 3,947 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 36.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

DuPage High School District 88 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Addison.

Among the two schools in DuPage High School District 88, Willowbrook High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 872 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.