Rockford Sun

There were 18,403 white students enrolled in Winnebago County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 45.1% of the 40,827 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 77 schools in Winnebago County County, Hononegah High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,457 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Hononegah High School	78.8	1,848
Harlem High School	69.2	1,822
Guilford High School	38.3	1,928
Harlem Middle School	66	948
Auburn High School	28.4	1,725
Roscoe Middle School	78.6	583
Stephen Mack Middle School	83.8	543
Rockford East High School	28.1	1,586
Rockton Elementary School	76.7	532
Eisenhower Middle School	41.9	955
Whitman Post Elementary School	74.9	513
Prairie Hill Elementary School	79.6	476
Jefferson High School	18.6	1,964
Ledgewood Elementary School	83.5	418
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	62	552
Montessori Elementary School	54.4	610
Winnebago High School	80	390
Cherry Valley Elementary School	47.6	639
Kinnikinnick School	80.3	376
Thurgood Marshall School	62	482
Stone Creek School	83.2	346
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	34.4	818
Pecatonica Elementary School	88.1	319
Maple Elementary School	67.7	409
Machesney Elementary School	75.8	343
Willowbrook Middle School	86.5	296
Pecatonica Community Middle School	89.4	282
Olson Park Elementary School	72.9	343
Pecatonica High School	88.8	278
Windsor Elementary School	67.6	364
Winnebago Middle School	82.1	296
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	79.5	297
Ralston Elementary School	83.1	284
Spring Creek Elementary School	46.7	497
Jean McNair Elementary School	84.5	271
Durand Elementary School	80.7	269
Loves Park Elementary School	60.1	351
Brookview Elementary School	44.7	470
Marquette Elementary School	67.8	289
Rolling Green Elementary School	40	488
West Middle School	23.2	828
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	51.2	365
Rock Cut Elementary School	44.8	406
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	38.7	434
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	23.2	693
Riverview Elementary School	66.2	207
Durand High School	86.6	157
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	12.9	1,038
Riverdahl Elementary School	23.8	560
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	37.6	340
South Beloit Senior High School	55	231
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	30.3	409
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	30.2	391
Clark Elementary School	62.5	184
West View Elementary School	25	420
Whitehead Elementary School	15.4	638
Roosevelt Center	18.1	535
Shirland Community Consolidated School	81.7	104
Constance Lane Elementary School	14.1	568
South Beloit Junior High School	54.5	143
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	17.8	433
Black Hawk Elementary School	61.3	119
Gregory Elementary School	17.3	423
Durand Junior High School	91.1	79
Haskell Elementary School	25.2	278
Swan Hillman Elementary School	12.9	543
McIntosh Elementary School	19.2	333
Kennedy Middle School	15	359
Conklin Elementary School	12.3	432
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	16.3	295
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	7.2	635
Ellis Elementary School	8.6	397
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	9.5	337
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	12	233
Washington Elementary School	5.4	484
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	7.1	365
Jackson Charter School	9.1	231