Cypress School District 64: 105 white students were enrolled in schools in the 2024-25 school year

Kimberly Shoemaker, Superintendent at Cypress School District 64
Kimberly Shoemaker, Superintendent at Cypress School District 64
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There were 105 white students enrolled in Cypress School District 64 in the 2024-25 school year, 7.1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Cypress School District 64 welcomed 116 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Cypress School District 64 roughly covers schools within Johnson County and has a main office in Cypress.

Cypress Elementary School is the only one school in the Cypress School District 64 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 105 students.

Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.

Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.

Enrollment Demographics in Cypress School District 64 Over 5 Years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of White StudentsWhite students (%)
2024-2511610590.5%
2023-241099889.9%
2022-231059287.6%
2021-2210510095.2%
2020-2112011394.2%

Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.



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