Rockford Sun

There were 1,028 Asian students enrolled in Winnebago County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Asian students made up 2.5% of the 40,827 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 77 schools in Winnebago County County, Rockford East High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 102 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockford East High School	6.4	1,586
Thurgood Marshall School	17	482
Guilford High School	4.3	1,928
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	19.2	365
Auburn High School	3.9	1,725
Jefferson High School	2.5	1,964
Eisenhower Middle School	4.8	955
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	5.1	818
Rolling Green Elementary School	8.4	488
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	5.9	693
Hononegah High School	2.2	1,848
Spring Creek Elementary School	7.8	497
Harlem High School	2	1,822
Cherry Valley Elementary School	5.5	639
Constance Lane Elementary School	4.9	568
Brookview Elementary School	5.3	470
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	6.4	391
Riverdahl Elementary School	4.1	560
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	5.3	434
Haskell Elementary School	7.6	278
Whitehead Elementary School	3.3	638
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	1.6	1,038
Gregory Elementary School	3.3	423
Harlem Middle School	1.4	948
Roscoe Middle School	2.1	583
Montessori Elementary School	2	610
Ledgewood Elementary School	2.6	418
Swan Hillman Elementary School	2	543
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	0	409
Clark Elementary School	0	184
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	0	340
Conklin Elementary School	0	432
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	0	233
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	0	337
Loves Park Elementary School	0	351
Pecatonica Community Middle School	0	282
Shirland Community Consolidated School	0	104
South Beloit Junior High School	0	143
South Beloit Senior High School	0	231
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	0	433
Riverview Elementary School	0	207
Rock Cut Elementary School	0	406
Rockton Elementary School	0	532
Roosevelt Center	0	535
Ellis Elementary School	0	397
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	0	552
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	0	297
Durand Elementary School	0	269
Durand High School	0	157
Durand Junior High School	0	79
West Middle School	0	828
West View Elementary School	0	420
Whitman Post Elementary School	0	513
Willowbrook Middle School	0	296
Windsor Elementary School	0	364
Winnebago High School	0	390
Winnebago Middle School	0	296
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	0	635
Black Hawk Elementary School	0	119
Washington Elementary School	0	484
Jackson Charter School	0	231
Jean McNair Elementary School	0	271
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	0	295
Machesney Elementary School	0	343
Maple Elementary School	0	409
Marquette Elementary School	0	289
McIntosh Elementary School	0	333
Stephen Mack Middle School	0	543
Stone Creek School	0	346
Olson Park Elementary School	0	343
Kennedy Middle School	0	359
Kinnikinnick School	0	376
Pecatonica Elementary School	0	319
Pecatonica High School	0	278
Prairie Hill Elementary School	0	476
Ralston Elementary School	0	284
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	0	365