Southern Illinois News

There were 100 white students enrolled in Cypress School District 64 in the 2021-22 school year, 11.5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Cypress School District 64 welcomed 117 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 95.2% 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 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 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	105	100	95.2%
2021	120	113	94.2%
2020	120	112	93.3%
2019	121	114	94.2%
2018	117	107	91.5%