Rockford Sun

There were 1,035 Asian students enrolled in Winnebago County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 2.5% of the 41,109 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 77 schools in Winnebago County, Rockford East High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 92 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 name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rockford East High School	6%	1,526
Thurgood Marshall School	17.6%	483
Guilford High School	3.8%	1,967
Auburn High School	3.9%	1,738
Thurgood Marshall Elementary	17.7%	378
Eisenhower Middle School	5.6%	979
Jefferson High School	2.5%	2,000
Spring Creek Elementary School	8.9%	530
Cherry Valley Elementary School	7.1%	631
Rolling Green Elementary School	8.6%	525
Abraham Lincoln Middle School	5.9%	690
Bernard W. Flinn Middle School	5.1%	787
Harlem High School	1.6%	1,909
Hononegah High School	1.6%	1,822
Maud E. Johnson Elementary School	7.5%	385
Brookview Elementary School	6.1%	457
Arthur Froberg Elementary School	6.4%	419
Haskell Elementary School	6.7%	285
Whitehead Elementary School	3%	637
Riverdahl Elementary School	2.8%	528
Swan Hillman Elementary School	2.5%	563
Constance Lane Elementary School	2.2%	597
Rockford Environmental Science Academy	1.3%	1,007
Roscoe Middle School	2.3%	567
Harlem Middle School	1.4%	939
Maple Elementary School	3.2%	410
Montessori Elementary School	2%	635
Gregory Elementary School	3.2%	408
Ledgewood Elementary School	2.8%	422
Rockton Elementary School	1.9%	540
C. Henry Bloom Elementary School	0%	417
Clark Elementary School	0%	191
Clifford P. Carlson Elementary School	0%	352
Conklin Elementary School	0%	332
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter School	0%	231
Lewis Lemon Elementary School	0%	335
Loves Park Elementary School	0%	368
Pecatonica Community Middle School	0%	250
Shirland Community Consolidated School	0%	102
South Beloit Junior High School	0%	131
South Beloit Senior High School	0%	250
R.K. Welsh Elementary School	0%	455
Riverview Elementary School	0%	206
Rock Cut Elementary School	0%	419
Roosevelt Center	0%	582
Ellis Elementary School	0%	455
Donald C. Parker Early Education Center	0%	562
Dorothy Simon Elementary School	0%	307
Durand Elementary School	0%	273
Durand High School	0%	164
Durand Junior High School	0%	63
West Middle School	0%	776
West View Elementary School	0%	445
Whitman Post Elementary School	0%	528
Willowbrook Middle School	0%	318
Windsor Elementary School	0%	371
Winnebago High School	0%	397
Winnebago Middle School	0%	293
Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion	0%	629
Black Hawk Elementary School	0%	134
Washington Elementary School	0%	484
Jackson Charter School	0%	245
Jean McNair Elementary School	0%	250
Julia Lathrop Elementary School	0%	332
Machesney Elementary School	0%	305
Marquette Elementary School	0%	266
McIntosh Elementary School	0%	405
Stephen Mack Middle School	0%	535
Stone Creek School	0%	335
Olson Park Elementary School	0%	356
Kennedy Middle School	0%	347
Kinnikinnick School	0%	388
Pecatonica Elementary School	0%	325
Pecatonica High School	0%	303
Prairie Hill Elementary School	0%	465
Ralston Elementary School	0%	294
Galapagos Rockford Charter School	0%	374