Rockford Sun

There were 8,141 Black 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 Black students made up 19.9% of the 40,827 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 77 schools in Winnebago County County, Auburn High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 679 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	39.4	1,725
Guilford High School	24.7	1,928
Rockford East High School	29.6	1,586
West Middle School	48.1	828
Jefferson High School	18.5	1,964
Constance Lane Elementary School	50.7	568
Ellis Elementary School	66.8	397
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	38	693
Roosevelt Center	42.1	535
Kennedy Middle School	62.4	359
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	66.2	337
Riverdahl Elementary School	39.5	560
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	60.5	365
Eisenhower Middle School	22.6	955
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	26	818
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	49	433
Conklin Elementary School	45.1	432
West View Elementary School	43.6	420
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	17.4	1,038
Jackson Charter School	74	231
McIntosh Elementary School	47.4	333
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	36.9	409
Haskell Elementary School	50	278
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	57.5	233
Swan Hillman Elementary School	23.2	543
Washington Elementary School	23.3	484
Harlem High School	6.1	1,822
Brookview Elementary School	23.4	470
Rolling Green Elementary School	22.3	488
Gregory Elementary School	25.1	423
Cherry Valley Elementary School	15.8	639
Spring Creek Elementary School	19.9	497
Whitehead Elementary School	15.5	638
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	22.6	434
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	24	391
Montessori Elementary School	15.1	610
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	25	340
Harlem Middle School	7.5	948
Loves Park Elementary School	13.4	351
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	14.6	295
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	7.2	552
Hononegah High School	2.1	1,848
Maple Elementary School	6.8	409
Machesney Elementary School	6.4	343
Olson Park Elementary School	6.4	343
Rock Cut Elementary School	5.2	406
Windsor Elementary School	5.8	364
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	3.3	635
Marquette Elementary School	7.3	289
Thurgood Marshall School	4.4	482
Rockton Elementary School	3	532
Whitman Post Elementary School	2.7	513
Winnebago High School	3.6	390
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	3.8	365
Roscoe Middle School	2.1	583
South Beloit Senior High School	4.8	231
Riverview Elementary School	5.3	207
South Beloit Junior High School	7	143
Kinnikinnick School	2.7	376
Clark Elementary School	0	184
Ledgewood Elementary School	0	418
Pecatonica Community Middle School	0	282
Shirland Community Consolidated School	0	104
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	0	297
Durand Elementary School	0	269
Durand High School	0	157
Durand Junior High School	0	79
Willowbrook Middle School	0	296
Winnebago Middle School	0	296
Black Hawk Elementary School	0	119
Jean McNair Elementary School	0	271
Stephen Mack Middle School	0	543
Stone Creek School	0	346
Pecatonica Elementary School	0	319
Pecatonica High School	0	278
Prairie Hill Elementary School	0	476
Ralston Elementary School	0	284