Boone County Education: Which school had most students enrolled in 2021-22 school year

Belvidere High School Principal Billy Lewis (2023) | Belvidere High School

By Rockford Sun

Dec 2, 2023

Belvidere North High School had the highest enrollment among Boone County schools, welcoming 1,391 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.7% of them were boys, and 49.3% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 60.7% of the student body at Belvidere North High School.

Among the 16 schools in Boone County, Belvidere High School ranked second in enrollment with 1,237 students, while Belvidere Central Middle School welcomed 911 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Belvidere North High School is a part of Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100, which generally encompasses schools within Boone County with its main office in Belvidere.

In the previous school year, Belvidere North High School had the highest number of students among Boone County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 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 5 years.

Enrollment in Boone County Over 4 Years

Demographics in Boone County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name	City	Total Enrolment
Belvidere North High School	Belvidere	1,391
Belvidere High School	Belvidere	1,237
Belvidere Central Middle School	Belvidere	911
Belvidere South Middle School	Belvidere	780
Washington Academy	Belvidere	686
Seth Whitman Elementary School	Belvidere	640
Meehan Elementary School	Belvidere	595
Lincoln Elementary School	Belvidere	513
North Boone High School	Poplar Grove	489
Caledonia Elementary School	Caledonia	406
Poplar Grove Elementary School	Poplar Grove	247
Perry Elementary School	Belvidere	240
North Boone Upper Elementary School	Poplar Grove	239
North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove	237
Capron Elementary School	Capron	159
Manchester Elementary School	Poplar Grove	147