Dupage Policy Journal

There were 1,786 white students enrolled in Lombard School District 44 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Lombard School District 44 welcomed 3,179 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.0% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Lombard School District 44 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Lombard.

Among the eight schools in Lombard School District 44, Glenn Westlake Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 562 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	2,927	1,786	61%
2021	3,020	1,814	60.1%
2020	3,127	1,907	61%
2019	3,188	1,922	60.3%
2018	3,179	1,968	61.9%