hereEvery year since 2005 we have been requesting statistics on the number of District 214 students that have 'opted out'. This means the student, or their parents, have opted out of having the school send their contact information to the military recruiters.
Here are the results:
| School | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Buffalo Grove HS | 992 | 937 | 1005 | 1043 | 950 | 1016 | 928 | 948 | 836 | 874 |
| Elk Grove HS | 923 | 873 | 867 | 1036 | 938 | 1133 | 1260 | 1065 | 1127 | 1264 |
| John Hersey HS | 977 | 1046 | 998 | 989 | 873 | 1040 | 859 | 885 | 790 | 772 |
| Prospect HS | 1085 | 1014 | 972 | 1038 | 1030 | 1113 | 1116 | 1041 | 1008 | 966 |
| Rolling Meadows HS | 913 | 844 | 769 | 926 | 1019 | 932 | 826 | 831 | 765 | 729 |
| Wheeling HS | 777 | 680 | 511 | 1166 | 1283 | 484 | 445 | 543 | 369 | 323 |
| TOTAL | 5667 | 5394 | 5123 | 6198 | 6093 | 5718 | 5434 | 5313 | 4895 | 4928 |
Link to a spreadsheet with all the years since we started collecting data in 2005 here.
