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

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By Rockford Sun

Apr 4, 2025

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

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

School	City	Enrollment
Belvidere Central Middle School	Belvidere	858
Belvidere High School	Belvidere	1,122
Belvidere North High School	Belvidere	1,341
Belvidere South Middle School	Belvidere	738
Caledonia Elementary School	Caledonia	447
Capron Elementary School	Capron	170
Lincoln Elementary School	Belvidere	534
Manchester Elementary School	Poplar Grove	135
Meehan Elementary School	Belvidere	601
North Boone High School	Poplar Grove	476
North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove	246
North Boone Upper Elementary School	Poplar Grove	201
Perry Elementary School	Belvidere	194
Poplar Grove Elementary School	Poplar Grove	256
Seth Whitman Elementary School	Belvidere	691
Washington Academy	Belvidere	820