Rockford Sun

Winnebago County schools welcomed 41,109 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 7.2% from the previous school year, when there were 44,275 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 44.1% of all the students.

Within Winnebago County, Jefferson High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,000 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.

School	City	Enrollment
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford	690
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	Rockford	419
Auburn High School	Rockford	1,738
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	Rockford	629
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	Rockford	787
Black Hawk Elementary School	South Beloit	134
Brookview Elementary School	Rockford	457
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	Rockford	417
Cherry Valley Elementary School	Rockford	631
Clark Elementary School	South Beloit	191
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	Rockford	352
Conklin Elementary School	Rockford	332
Constance Lane Elementary School	Rockford	597
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	Machesney Park	562
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	Winnebago	307
Durand Elementary School	Durand	273
Durand High School	Durand	164
Durand Junior High School	Durand	63
Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford	979
Ellis Elementary School	Rockford	455
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	Rockford	374
Gregory Elementary School	Rockford	408
Guilford High School	Rockford	1,967
Harlem High School	Machesney Park	1,909
Harlem Middle School	Loves Park	939
Haskell Elementary School	Rockford	285
Hononegah High School	Rockton	1,822
Jackson Charter School	Rockford	245
Jean McNair Elementary School	Winnebago	250
Jefferson High School	Rockford	2,000
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	Rockford	332
Kennedy Middle School	Rockford	347
Kinnikinnick School	Roscoe	388
Ledgewood Elementary School	Roscoe	422
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	Rockford	231
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	Rockford	335
Loves Park Elementary School	Loves Park	368
Machesney Elementary School	Machesney Park	305
Maple Elementary School	Loves Park	410
Marquette Elementary School	Machesney Park	266
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	Rockford	385
McIntosh Elementary School	Rockford	405
Montessori Elementary School	Rockford	635
Olson Park Elementary School	Machesney Park	356
Pecatonica Community Middle School	Pecatonica	250
Pecatonica Elementary School	Pecatonica	325
Pecatonica High School	Pecatonica	303
Prairie Hill Elementary School	South Beloit	465
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	Rockford	455
Ralston Elementary School	Machesney Park	294
Riverdahl Elementary School	Rockford	528
Riverview Elementary School	South Beloit	206
Rock Cut Elementary School	Loves Park	419
Rockford East High School	Rockford	1,526
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	Rockford	1,007
Rockton Elementary School	Rockton	540
Rolling Green Elementary School	Rockford	525
Roosevelt Center	Rockford	582
Roscoe Middle School	Roscoe	567
Shirland Community Consolidated School	Shirland	102
South Beloit Junior High School	South Beloit	131
South Beloit Senior High School	South Beloit	250
Spring Creek Elementary School	Rockford	530
Stephen Mack Middle School	Rockton	535
Stone Creek School	Roscoe	335
Swan Hillman Elementary School	Rockford	563
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	Rockford	378
Thurgood Marshall School	Rockford	483
Washington Elementary School	Rockford	484
West Middle School	Rockford	776
West View Elementary School	Rockford	445
Whitehead Elementary School	Rockford	637
Whitman Post Elementary School	Rockton	528
Willowbrook Middle School	South Beloit	318
Windsor Elementary School	Loves Park	371
Winnebago High School	Winnebago	397
Winnebago Middle School	Winnebago	293