Rockford Sun

Winnebago County schools welcomed 42,177 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2.6% over the previous school year.

Winnebago County had the seventh highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.3% boys, and 48.7% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Winnebago County students was white, making up about 45.2% of all the students.

Within Winnebago County, Jefferson High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,982 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford	674
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	Rockford	403
Auburn High School	Rockford	1,876
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	Rockford	686
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	Rockford	850
Black Hawk Elementary School	South Beloit	121
Brookview Elementary School	Rockford	490
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	Rockford	374
Cherry Valley Elementary School	Rockford	630
Clark Elementary School	South Beloit	213
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	Rockford	361
Conklin Elementary School	Rockford	391
Constance Lane Elementary School	Rockford	557
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	Machesney Park	615
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	Winnebago	267
Durand Elementary School	Durand	257
Durand High School	Durand	173
Durand Junior High School	Durand	85
Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford	936
Ellis Elementary School	Rockford	373
Fairview Early Childhood Center	Rockford	460
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	Rockford	359
Gregory Elementary School	Rockford	459
Guilford High School	Rockford	1,881
Harlem High School	Machesney Park	1,903
Harlem Middle School	Loves Park	965
Haskell Elementary School	Rockford	252
Hononegah High School	Rockton	1,885
Jackson Charter School	Rockford	215
Jean McNair Elementary School	Winnebago	276
Jefferson High School	Rockford	1,982
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	Rockford	331
Kennedy Middle School	Rockford	457
Kinnikinnick School	Roscoe	380
Ledgewood Elementary School	Roscoe	394
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	Rockford	209
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	Rockford	341
Loves Park Elementary School	Loves Park	329
Machesney Elementary School	Machesney Park	364
Maple Elementary School	Loves Park	371
Marquette Elementary School	Machesney Park	264
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	Rockford	384
McIntosh Elementary School	Rockford	341
Montessori Elementary School	Rockford	601
Olson Park Elementary School	Machesney Park	339
Pecatonica Community Middle School	Pecatonica	283
Pecatonica Elementary School	Pecatonica	321
Pecatonica High School	Pecatonica	262
Prairie Hill Elementary School	South Beloit	446
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	Rockford	439
Ralston Elementary School	Machesney Park	285
Riverdahl Elementary School	Rockford	555
Riverview Elementary School	South Beloit	186
Rock Cut Elementary School	Loves Park	413
Rockford East High School	Rockford	1,599
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	Rockford	1,097
Rockton Elementary School	Rockton	528
Rolling Green Elementary School	Rockford	531
Roscoe Middle School	Roscoe	571
Shirland Community Consolidated School	Shirland	100
South Beloit Junior High School	South Beloit	165
South Beloit Senior High School	South Beloit	228
Spring Creek Elementary School	Rockford	493
Stephen Mack Middle School	Rockton	485
Stone Creek School	Roscoe	375
Summerdale Early Childhood Center	Rockford	413
Swan Hillman Elementary School	Rockford	587
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Rockford	363
Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford	471
Washington Elementary School	Rockford	493
West Middle School	Rockford	942
West View Elementary School	Rockford	444
Whitehead Elementary School	Rockford	613
Whitman Post Elementary School	Rockton	530
William Nashold Early Childhood Center	Rockford	532
Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit	303
Windsor Elementary School	Loves Park	340
Winnebago High School	Winnebago	415
Winnebago Middle School	Winnebago	295