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How many students were enrolled in Boone County in 2023-24 school year?

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Boone County schools welcomed 8,830 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 13% from the previous school year, when there were 10,155 students enrolled in the county.

Boone County had the 24th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.6% identified as male, and 48.4% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Boone County students was white, making up about 48.8% of all the students.

Within Boone County, Belvidere North High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,341 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

Enrollment in Boone County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Boone County County Schools in 2023-24 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
Belvidere Central Middle SchoolBelvidere858
Belvidere High SchoolBelvidere1,122
Belvidere North High SchoolBelvidere1,341
Belvidere South Middle SchoolBelvidere738
Caledonia Elementary SchoolCaledonia447
Capron Elementary SchoolCapron170
Lincoln Elementary SchoolBelvidere534
Manchester Elementary SchoolPoplar Grove135
Meehan Elementary SchoolBelvidere601
North Boone High SchoolPoplar Grove476
North Boone Middle SchoolPoplar Grove246
North Boone Upper Elementary SchoolPoplar Grove201
Perry Elementary SchoolBelvidere194
Poplar Grove Elementary SchoolPoplar Grove256
Seth Whitman Elementary SchoolBelvidere691
Washington AcademyBelvidere820

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