Dupage Policy Journal

There were 229 Am. Indian students enrolled in DuPage County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Am. Indian students made up 0.2% of the 137,722 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 240 schools in DuPage County County, Downers Grove South High School recorded the highest enrollment of Am. Indian students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 100 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 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	% of Am. Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Downers Grove South High School	3.7	2,682
Army Trail Elementary School	21.8	294
Addison Early Learning Center	13	154
Indian Trail Junior High School	1.3	1,261
Addison Trail High School	0.8	1,906
Stone Elementary School	3	431
C.E. Miller Elementary School	0	197
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	0	382
Carol Stream Elementary School	0	272
Cass Junior High School	0	324
Community Consolidated School District 93	0	168
Centennial School	0	496
Churchill Elementary School	0	646
Churchville Middle School	0	435
Clarendon Hills Middle School	0	531
Clifford Johnson School	0	452
Cloverdale Elementary School	0	550
Downers Grove North High School	0	2,126
Community High School	0	1,982
Concord Elementary School	0	467
Conrad Fischer Elementary School	0	545
Currier Elementary School	0	365
Brook Forest Elementary School	0	243
Lace Elementary School	0	384
Lake Park Elementary School	0	238
Lake Park High School	0	2,527
Lakeview Junior High School	0	347
Leman Middle School	0	1,146
Lester Elementary School	0	518
Lincoln Elementary School	0	438
Lincoln Elementary School	0	438
Lincoln Elementary School	0	438
Lincoln Junior High School	0	740
Lisle High School	0	389
Lisle Junior High School	0	323
Longfellow Elementary School	0	330
Longwood Elementary School	0	369
Lowell Elementary School	0	258
York Center Elementary School	0	203
York Community High School	0	2,743
Prairie Children Preschool	0	513
Medinah Intermediate School	0	206
Naperville North High School	0	2,635
Salt Creek Elementary School	0	131
Sandburg Middle School	0	623
Schafer Elementary School	0	433
Scott Elementary School	0	432
South School	0	49
Spring Hills Elementary School	0	433
Spring Trail Elementary School	0	337
Spring Wood Middle School	0	456
Stella May Swartz Elementary School	0	142
Reskin Elementary School	0	384
Roselle Middle School	0	233
Roy De Shane Elementary School	0	251
Illinois Youth Center - Warrenville	0	12
Indian Knoll Elementary School	0	270
Indian Trail Elementary School	0	350
Hadley Junior High School	0	1,103
Hawk Hollow Elementary School	0	353
Hawthorne Elementary School	0	629
Hawthorne Elementary School	0	629
Henry Puffer School	0	358
Heritage Lakes Elementary School	0	314
Herrick Middle School	0	640
Highland Elementary School	0	370
Highlands Elementary School	0	494
Hillcrest Elementary School	0	347
Hinsdale Central High School	0	2,490
Hinsdale Middle School	0	738
Hinsdale South High School	0	1,299
Holmes Elementary School	0	467
Horizon Elementary School	0	520
Hubble Middle School	0	700
Lisle Elementary School	0	722
Dujardin Elementary School	0	369
Wesley A. Johnson School	0	640
Walker School	0	331
Washington Elementary School	0	371
Washington Junior High School	0	554
Waterbury Elementary School	0	394
Waubonsie Valley High School	0	2,447
Wayne Elementary School	0	342
Wegner Elementary School	0	349
Wesley Elementary School	0	179
Western Trails Elementary School	0	257
Westfield Elementary School	0	310
Westfield Middle School	0	495
Westmont High School	0	380
Westmont Junior High School	0	280
Westmore Elementary School	0	381
Westview Elementary School	0	252
Westview Hills Middle School	0	442
Wheaton North High School	0	1,914
Wheaton Warrenville South High School	0	1,824
White Eagle Elementary School	0	526
Whittier Elementary School	0	415
Whittier Elementary School	0	415
Wiesbrook Elementary School	0	475
William F. Murphy Elementary School	0	360
Willow Creek Elementary School	0	308
Willowbrook High School	0	1,870
Winfield Central School	0	214
Winfield Primary School	0	110
Winnebago Elementary School	0	397
William Hammerschmidt Elementary School	0	392
Wood Dale Junior High School	0	314
F.E. Peacock Middle School	0	355
Fairmount Elementary School	0	317
Fenton High School	0	1,397
Field Elementary School	0	383
Fischer Middle School	0	798
Forest Glen Elementary School	0	631
Francis Granger Middle School	0	1,034
Franklin Middle School	0	590
Fullerton Elementary School	0	451
Bartlett High School	0	2,364
Beebe Elementary School	0	590
Belle Aire Elementary School	0	232
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	0	556
Benjamin Middle School	0	261
Black Hawk Elementary School	0	393
Blackhawk Middle School	0	643
Bower Elementary School	0	436
Briar Glen Elementary School	0	494
Brookdale Elementary School	0	497
Bryan Middle School	0	695
Burr Ridge Middle School	0	207
Butler Junior High School	0	197
Butterfield Elementary School	0	267
J.T. Manning Elementary School	0	400
Jackson Elementary School	0	441
Jackson Middle School	0	665
Jay Stream Middle School	0	538
Jefferson Early Childhood Center	0	226
Jefferson Elementary School	0	383
Jefferson Junior High School	0	813
Jefferson Middle School	0	413
John E. Albright Middle School	0	212
John L. Sipley Elementary School	0	347
Madison Elementary School	0	481
Madison Elementary School	0	481
Madison Elementary School	0	481
Madison Junior High School	0	597
Maercker Elementary School	0	398
Manor Hill Elementary School	0	266
Maplebrook Elementary School	0	518
Mark DeLay School	0	442
Marquardt Middle School	0	846
Mary Lou Cowlishaw Elementary School	0	590
May Watts Elementary School	0	569
McCarty Elementary School	0	499
Meadow Glens Elementary School	0	480
Meadowview Elementary School	0	367
Medinah Middle School	0	204
Medinah Primary School	0	246
Nancy Young Elementary School	0	602
Naper Elementary School	0	229
Naperville Central High School	0	2,576
North Elementary School	0	367
Norton Creek Elementary School	0	445
Steeple Run Elementary School	0	603
Stevenson School	0	200
Still Middle School	0	748
Stratford Middle School	0	554
Sycamore Trails Elementary School	0	623
Madison Early Childhood Center	0	257
Early Childhood Education Center	0	84
Early Learning Center	0	86
Edgewood Elementary School	0	355
Edison Elementary School	0	516
Edison Middle School	0	654
Eisenhower Junior High School	0	451
El Sierra Elementary School	0	258
Elizabeth Ide Elementary School	0	385
Ellsworth Elementary School	0	236
Elm Elementary School	0	314
Elmer H. Franzen Intermediate School	0	303
Elmwood Elementary School	0	670
Elsie C. Johnson Elementary School	0	345
Emerson Elementary School	0	428
Emerson Elementary School	0	428
Erickson Elementary School	0	490
Evergreen Elementary School	0	352
West Chicago D33 ELC Winfield Primary Annex	0	103
John Schroder Early Childhood Center	0	119
Queen Bee School	0	65
Thayer J. Hill Middle School	0	839
The Lane Elementary School	0	323
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School	0	610
Tioga Elementary School	0	693
Trinity School	0	72
Turner Elementary School	0	285
O'Neill Middle School	0	420
Oak Elementary School	0	369
Oakbrook Elementary School	0	254
Owen Elementary School	0	506
Kennedy Junior High School	0	981
Kingsley Elementary School	0	360
Park View Elementary School	0	412
Park View Elementary School	0	412
Peter M. Gombert Elementary School	0	334
Pierce Downer Elementary School	0	343
Pioneer Elementary School	0	296
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	0	551
Pleasant Lane Elementary School	0	245
Prairie Elementary School	0	496
Prairieview Elementary School	0	352
Prairieview Elementary School	0	352
Prospect Elementary School	0	338
Metea Valley High School	0	2,935
Mill Street Elementary School	0	586
Monroe Elementary School	0	313
Monroe Middle School	0	697
Ranch View Elementary School	0	563
Raymond Benson Primary School	0	342
Reba O. Steck Elementary School	0	637
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	0	541
Americana Intermediate School	0	421
Ann Reid Early Childhood Center	0	349
Anne M. Jeans Elementary School	0	238
Arbor View Elementary School	0	319
Ardmore Elementary School	0	453
Ardmore Elementary School	0	453
G. Stanley Hall Elementary School	0	319
Gary Elementary School	0	496
Georgetown Elementary School	0	460
Glen Crest Middle School	0	693
Glen Hill Primary School	0	404
Glenbard East High School	0	2,222
Glenbard North High School	0	2,175
Glenbard South High School	0	1,094
Glenbard West High School	0	2,297
Glenn Westlake Middle School	0	934
Glenside Middle School	0	773
Goodrich Elementary School	0	392
Gower Middle School	0	378
Gower West Elementary School	0	540
Greenbrook Elementary School	0	475
Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School	0	554