Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 16.7% of Saratoga Elementary School’s student body in 2022-23 school year

There were 137 Hispanic students enrolled in Saratoga Elementary School in the 2022-23 school year, 14.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that the school welcomed 818 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 16.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the school.

The school is located in Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C with a central office in Morris.

Saratoga Elementary School was the only school in the district which enrolled Hispanic students, welcoming 137 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Illinois registered one of the largest enrollment drops during the pandemic. Since 2020, the Prarie State lost nearly 118,000 students, further intensifying a decline trend established since 2013.