Rockford Sun

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 had the highest enrollment among Boone County districts, welcoming 7,457 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 50.3% of the Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100's total enrollment.

Among the two districts in Boone County, North Boone Community Unit School District 200 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,518 students.

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 roughly covers schools within Boone County with its main office in Belvidere.

In the previous school year, Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 also had the highest number of students among Boone County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100	Belvidere	7,457
North Boone Community Unit School District 200	Poplar Grove	1,518