Rockford Sun

There were 9,112 Black students enrolled in Winnebago County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 21.2% of the 43,059 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 81 schools in Winnebago County County, Auburn High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 791 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 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.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Auburn High School	42.2	1,876
Rockford East High School	30.2	1,599
Guilford High School	24.8	1,881
West Middle School	48.6	942
Jefferson High School	19.9	1,982
Kennedy Middle School	62.4	457
Constance Lane Elementary School	49.9	557
Ellis Elementary School	70	373
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	38.6	674
Summerdale Early Childhood Center	61.3	413
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	68.6	341
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	27.4	850
Eisenhower Middle School	23.8	936
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	61.6	359
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	19.8	1,097
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	47.4	439
Riverdahl Elementary School	37.5	555
Beyer Early Childhood Center	44.2	453
West View Elementary School	44.4	444
Roosevelt Center	41.3	429
Conklin Elementary School	44.2	391
McIntosh Elementary School	50.4	341
Jackson Charter School	72.6	215
William Nashold Early Childhood Center	27.4	532
Fairview Early Childhood Center	29.8	460
Swan Hillman Elementary School	22.8	587
Haskell Elementary School	51.2	252
Rolling Green Elementary School	23.5	531
Washington Elementary School	24.9	493
Cherry Valley Elementary School	19	630
Harlem High School	6.3	1,903
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	30.5	374
Gregory Elementary School	24.2	459
Whitehead Elementary School	16.8	613
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	28	361
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	45.9	209
Spring Creek Elementary School	19.5	493
Montessori Elementary School	16	601
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	22.9	384
Harlem Middle School	8.8	965
Brookview Elementary School	17.3	490
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	20.8	403
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	16.6	331
Loves Park Elementary School	12.2	329
Hononegah High School	1.9	1,885
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	5.9	615
Maple Elementary School	7.8	371
Rock Cut Elementary School	6.8	413
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	3.6	686
Machesney Elementary School	6	364
Thurgood Marshall School	4.7	471
Olson Park Elementary School	6.2	339
Rockton Elementary School	3	528
Whitman Post Elementary School	3	530
Windsor Elementary School	4.7	340
Marquette Elementary School	6.1	264
Roscoe Middle School	2.6	571
Stone Creek School	4	375
Winnebago High School	3.4	415
South Beloit Junior High School	7.9	165
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	3.6	363
Ledgewood Elementary School	2.8	394
Clark Elementary School	4.7	213
Pecatonica Community Middle School	0	283
Shirland Community Consolidated School	0	100
South Beloit Senior High School	0	228
Riverview Elementary School	0	186
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	0	267
Durand Elementary School	0	257
Durand High School	0	173
Durand Junior High School	0	85
Willowbrook Middle School	0	303
Winnebago Middle School	0	295
Black Hawk Elementary School	0	121
Jean McNair Elementary School	0	276
Stephen Mack Middle School	0	485
Kinnikinnick School	0	380
Pecatonica Elementary School	0	321
Pecatonica High School	0	262
Prairie Hill Elementary School	0	446
Ralston Elementary School	0	285