Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter
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.
Enrollment of Winnebago County County Schools in 2023-24 School Year
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 |
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