Rockford Sun

Winnebago County schools welcomed 44,275 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year, when there were 44,607 students enrolled in the county.

Winnebago County had the seventh highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.3% identified as male, and 48.7% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Winnebago County students was white, making up about 46.7% of all the students.

Within Winnebago County, Jefferson High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,964 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's 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 five years.

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