Dupage Policy Journal

There were 354 white students enrolled in Queen Bee School District 16 in the 2021-22 school year, 5.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Queen Bee School District 16 welcomed 1,777 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 21.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Queen Bee School District 16 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Glendale Heights.

Among the four schools in Queen Bee School District 16, Glenside Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 129 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	1,663	354	21.3%
2021	1,714	373	21.8%
2020	1,753	373	21.3%
2019	1,794	357	19.9%
2018	1,777	361	20.3%