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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 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 |
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