Rockford Sun

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 welcomed 7,501 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.6% increase over the previous school year.

Belvidere North High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,396 students.

Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 roughly covers schools within Boone County and has a main office in Belvidere.

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 three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Caledonia Elementary School	402	-1%
Belvidere South Middle School	763	-2.2%
Belvidere Central Middle School	901	-1.1%
Washington Academy	710	3.5%
Perry Elementary School	220	-8.3%
Seth Whitman Elementary School	655	2.3%
Belvidere High School	1,192	-3.6%
Lincoln Elementary School	551	7.4%
Belvidere North High School	1,396	0.4%
Lincoln Elementary School	551	7.4%
Meehan Elementary School	647	8.7%
Seth Whitman Elementary School	655	2.3%