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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	White	72.3%	541
Addison Early Learning Center	White	51.3%	154
Addison Trail High School	Hispanic	65.6%	1,906
Americana Intermediate School	Hispanic	41.3%	421
Ann Reid Early Childhood Center	White	45.3%	349
Anne M. Jeans Elementary School	African American	65.5%	238
Arbor View Elementary School	White	51.7%	319
Ardmore Elementary School	Hispanic	71.8%	238
Ardmore Elementary School	White	69.5%	453
Arlene Welch Elementary School	Asian	45.8%	550
Army Trail Elementary School	Hispanic	43.9%	294
Beebe Elementary School	White	49.5%	590
Belle Aire Elementary School	White	71.1%	232
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	White	83.6%	556
Benjamin Middle School	White	63.2%	261
Black Hawk Elementary School	Hispanic	41.5%	393
Blackhawk Middle School	Hispanic	71.4%	643
Bower Elementary School	White	60.3%	436
Briar Glen Elementary School	White	65%	494
Brook Forest Elementary School	Asian	55.1%	243
Brookdale Elementary School	White	42.1%	497
Bryan Middle School	White	81.6%	695
Burr Ridge Middle School	African American	68.6%	207
Butler Junior High School	Asian	49.2%	197
Butterfield Elementary School	White	55.1%	267
C.E. Miller Elementary School	White	59.9%	197
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	White	61.8%	382
Carol Stream Elementary School	White	43%	272
Cass Junior High School	White	64.5%	324
Churchill Elementary School	White	40.7%	646
Churchville Middle School	White	49.9%	435
Clarendon Hills Middle School	White	74%	531
Clifford Crone Middle School	White	46.2%	844
Clifford Johnson School	Hispanic	50.9%	452
Cloverdale Elementary School	White	41.1%	550
Community Consolidated School District 93	White	39.9%	168
Community High School	Hispanic	69.7%	1,982
Concord Elementary School	White	64.2%	467
Conrad Fischer Elementary School	Hispanic	56.5%	545
Currier Elementary School	Hispanic	89.3%	365
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School	Asian	54.6%	619
Downers Grove North High School	White	72.3%	2,126
Downers Grove South High School	White	53.8%	2,682
Dujardin Elementary School	White	62.3%	369
Early Childhood Education Center	Hispanic	50%	84
Early Learning Center	Hispanic	77.9%	86
Edgewood Elementary School	White	38%	355
Edison Elementary School	White	81.6%	516
Edison Middle School	White	71.4%	654
Eisenhower Junior High School	White	57.2%	451
El Sierra Elementary School	White	58.9%	258
Elizabeth Ide Elementary School	White	64.7%	385
Ellsworth Elementary School	White	67.8%	236
Elm Elementary School	White	44.3%	314
Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School	White	71.3%	303
Elmwood Elementary School	White	64.6%	670
Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School	Hispanic	42.9%	345
Emerson Elementary School	White	63.7%	256
Emerson Elementary School	White	71.5%	428
Erickson Elementary School	White	68.2%	490
Evergreen Elementary School	White	63.9%	352
F.E. Peacock Middle School	White	70.7%	355
Fairmount Elementary School	White	77.3%	317
Fenton High School	Hispanic	64.3%	1,397
Field Elementary School	White	65.5%	383
Fischer Middle School	White	36.2%	798
Forest Glen Elementary School	White	65.3%	631
Francis Granger Middle School	Asian	43.6%	1,034
Franklin Middle School	White	61%	590
Fry Elementary School	Asian	57.6%	616
Fullerton Elementary School	Hispanic	65.9%	451
G. Stanley Hall Elementary School	Hispanic	45.8%	319
Gary Elementary School	Hispanic	81.9%	496
Georgetown Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	460
Glen Crest Middle School	White	57.6%	693
Glen Hill Primary School	Hispanic	44.1%	404
Glenbard East High School	White	40%	2,222
Glenbard North High School	White	33.8%	2,175
Glenbard South High School	White	58.8%	1,094
Glenbard West High School	White	55.6%	2,297
Glenn Westlake Middle School	White	60.2%	934
Glenside Middle School	Hispanic	50.1%	773
Goodrich Elementary School	White	54.3%	392
Gordon Gregory Middle School	White	49.1%	715
Gower Middle School	White	56.6%	378
Gower West Elementary School	White	59.1%	540
Greenbrook Elementary School	Hispanic	41.7%	475
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	Asian	46%	554
Hadley Junior High School	White	67%	1,103
Hawthorne Elementary School	White	78.2%	629
Hawthorne Elementary School	White	55.7%	174
Henry Puffer School	White	72.1%	358
Heritage Lakes Elementary School	White	56.7%	314
Herrick Middle School	White	79.4%	640
Highland Elementary School	White	83.2%	370
Highlands Elementary School	White	63.2%	494
Hillcrest Elementary School	White	82.7%	347
Hinsdale Central High School	White	65.8%	2,490
Hinsdale Middle School	White	65.6%	738
Hinsdale South High School	White	56.7%	1,299
Holmes Elementary School	White	44.3%	467
Hubble Middle School	White	55.9%	700
Indian Knoll Elementary School	Hispanic	71.9%	270
Indian Trail Elementary School	White	60.9%	350
Indian Trail Junior High School	Hispanic	69.8%	1,261
J.T. Manning Elementary School	White	62.5%	400
Jackson Elementary School	White	71.2%	441
Jackson Middle School	White	48%	665
Jay Stream Middle School	White	46.7%	538
Jefferson Early Childhood Center	White	71.2%	226
Jefferson Elementary School	White	76%	383
Jefferson Junior High School	White	49.2%	813
Jefferson Middle School	Hispanic	54.2%	413
John E. Albright Middle School	White	51.9%	212
John L. Sipley Elementary School	White	39.8%	347
John Schroder Early Childhood Center	White	61.3%	119
Kennedy Junior High School	White	50.8%	981
Kingsley Elementary School	White	72.2%	360
Kingsley Elementary School	White	65.1%	436
Lace Elementary School	White	57.8%	384
Lake Park Elementary School	Hispanic	83.6%	238
Lake Park High School	White	60.7%	2,527
Lakeview Junior High School	White	70.3%	347
Leman Middle School	Hispanic	82.3%	1,146
Lester Elementary School	White	79.5%	518
Lincoln Elementary School	Hispanic	86.3%	315
Lincoln Elementary School	White	66.4%	438
Lincoln Elementary School	White	82.6%	86
Lincoln Junior High School	White	72.4%	740
Lisle Elementary School	White	58.2%	722
Lisle High School	White	59.9%	389
Lisle Junior High School	White	57.6%	323
Longfellow Elementary School	White	77.3%	330
Longwood Elementary School	Hispanic	26.6%	369
Lowell Elementary School	White	62%	258
Madison Early Childhood Center	White	66.1%	257
Madison Elementary School	White	68.9%	405
Madison Elementary School	White	65.8%	407
Madison Elementary School	White	45.1%	481
Madison Junior High School	White	63.1%	597
Maercker Elementary School	White	42.2%	398
Manor Hill Elementary School	White	48.1%	266
Maplebrook Elementary School	White	71.4%	518
Mark DeLay School	White	57.2%	442
Marquardt Middle School	Hispanic	54.8%	846
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School	Asian	47.6%	590
May Watts Elementary School	Asian	53.3%	569
McCarty Elementary School	White	36.9%	499
Meadow Glens Elementary School	White	48.1%	480
Meadowview Elementary School	White	52.6%	367
Medinah Intermediate School	White	65.5%	206
Medinah Middle School	White	68.1%	204
Medinah Primary School	White	61.8%	246
Metea Valley High School	Asian	33.5%	2,935
Mill Street Elementary School	White	52.9%	586
Monroe Elementary School	White	71.6%	313
Monroe Middle School	White	58%	697
Nancy Young Elementary School	Asian	53.8%	602
Naper Elementary School	White	60.3%	229
Naperville Central High School	White	66.3%	2,576
Naperville North High School	White	58.7%	2,635
Neuqua Valley High School	White	47.1%	3,324
North Elementary School	Hispanic	52.9%	367
O'Neill Middle School	White	69%	420
Oak Elementary School	White	69.9%	369
Oakbrook Elementary School	Hispanic	50.8%	254
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School	Asian	55.8%	432
Owen Elementary School	Asian	44.1%	506
Park View Elementary School	White	70.4%	223
Park View Elementary School	White	59%	412
Patterson Elementary School	White	52.4%	490
Peter M. Gombert Elementary School	White	30.8%	334
Pierce Downer Elementary School	White	89.2%	343
Pioneer Elementary School	Hispanic	86.5%	296
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	White	54.3%	551
Pleasant Lane Elementary School	White	75.9%	245
Prairie Children Preschool	Asian	45.4%	513
Prairie Elementary School	White	72.6%	496
Prairieview Elementary School	White	68.2%	352
Prospect Elementary School	White	71.9%	338
Queen Bee School	Hispanic	43.1%	65
Ranch View Elementary School	White	48.1%	563
Raymond Benson Primary School	White	69%	342
Reba O. Steck Elementary School	Asian	43.2%	637
Reskin Elementary School	Hispanic	70.1%	384
River Woods Elementary School	White	60.7%	486
Robert Clow Elementary School	White	51.8%	369
Roselle Middle School	White	76%	233
Roy De Shane Elementary School	White	38.2%	251
Salt Creek Elementary School	White	65.6%	131
Sandburg Middle School	White	73.8%	623
Schafer Elementary School	Hispanic	57%	433
Scott Elementary School	White	60%	432
Scullen Middle School	Asian	53.3%	1,020
South School	White	63.3%	49
Spring Brook Elementary School	White	52.5%	566
Spring Hills Elementary School	White	76%	433
Spring Wood Middle School	Hispanic	37.3%	456
Steeple Run Elementary School	White	46.3%	603
Stella May Swartz Elementary School	White	60.6%	142
Stevenson School	Hispanic	35%	200
Still Middle School	Asian	35.7%	748
Stone Elementary School	White	43.2%	431
Stratford Middle School	White	42.4%	554
Thayer J. Hill Middle School	Asian	35.9%	839
The Lane Elementary School	White	67.8%	323
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School	White	37.9%	610
Tioga Elementary School	Hispanic	67.2%	693
Trinity School	Hispanic	100%	72
Turner Elementary School	Hispanic	80.4%	285
V. Blanche Graham Elementary School	White	44.3%	287
Walker School	White	73.4%	331
Washington Elementary School	White	62.8%	371
Washington Junior High School	White	72%	554
Waterbury Elementary School	White	58.4%	394
Waubonsie Valley High School	White	39.4%	2,447
Wayne Builta Elementary School	Asian	52.1%	282
Wegner Elementary School	Hispanic	62.8%	349
Wesley A. Johnson School	Hispanic	73%	640
Wesley Elementary School	Hispanic	49.7%	179
West Chicago D33 ELC Winfield Primary Annex	Hispanic	75.7%	103
Western Trails Elementary School	White	38.9%	257
Westfield Elementary School	White	63.2%	310
Westfield Middle School	White	69.5%	495
Westmont High School	White	53.9%	380
Westmont Junior High School	White	55%	280
Westmore Elementary School	White	58.5%	381
Westview Elementary School	Hispanic	52%	252
Westview Hills Middle School	White	45.9%	442
Wheaton North High School	White	62.9%	1,914
Wheaton Warrenville South High School	White	63.3%	1,824
White Eagle Elementary School	Asian	45.8%	526
Whittier Elementary School	White	83.7%	289
Whittier Elementary School	White	76.6%	415
Wiesbrook Elementary School	White	83.8%	475
William F. Murphy Elementary School	White	45.3%	360
William Hammerschmidt Elementary School	White	80.6%	392
Willow Creek Elementary School	White	54.9%	308
Willowbrook High School	White	46.6%	1,870
Winfield Central School	White	62.6%	214
Winfield Primary School	White	70.9%	110
Winnebago Elementary School	White	36.3%	397
Wood Dale Junior High School	Hispanic	58.3%	314
York Center Elementary School	Hispanic	46.3%	203
York Community High School	White	69.2%	2,743