Kane County Reporter

There were 3,527 Asian students enrolled in Kane County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Asian students made up 4.2% of the 83,005 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the third least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 123 schools in Kane County County, South Elgin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 314 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School name	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
South Elgin High School	11.2	2,796
Central High School	13.5	1,354
Wredling Middle School	12	1,357
Saint Charles East High School	7.9	1,982
Saint Charles North High School	8.3	1,835
Hampshire High School	7.1	1,872
Prairie View Grade School	17.6	712
Prairie Knolls Middle School	15.6	786
Country Trails Elementary School	17.4	665
Kenyon Woods Middle School	14.7	791
Westfield Community School	8	1,345
Howard B. Thomas Grade School	16.8	597
Corron Elementary School	17.7	515
Dundee Middle School	7.9	1,136
West Aurora High School	2.5	3,490
Geneva Community High School	5.5	1,613
Cambridge Lakes Charter School	11.8	635
Liberty Elementary School	8.4	747
Thompson Middle School	5	1,265
Central Middle School	14.6	410
Gilberts Elementary School	8.1	707
Dundee-Crown High School	1.9	2,470
Batavia Senior High School	2.7	1,768
Elgin Math and Science Academy Charter School	11.6	406
Wild Rose Elementary School	8.4	533
Fox Meadow Elementary School	10.3	436
McCleery Elementary School	7.8	563
Clinton Elementary School	7.6	471
Larsen Middle School	5.6	593
Hall Elementary School	5.7	574
Ferson Creek School	5.7	575
Otter Creek Elementary School	4.9	655
Hampshire Middle School	3.8	789
Larkin High School	1.3	2,133
Bell-Graham Elementary School	5.7	495
Smith Elementary School	6.4	407
Jefferson Middle School	4.5	573
Anderson Elementary School	6.2	406
Kaneland Senior High School	1.9	1,272
Geneva Middle School North	4.1	590
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School	6.1	377
Greenman Elementary School	4.3	537
Sam Rotolo Middle School	1.9	1,132
East High School	0.5	4,111
Creekside Elementary School	4	481
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	4.8	397
Harrison Street Elementary School	4.5	382
Munhall Elementary School	3.3	519
Hoover Wood Elementary School	4.4	341
Jewel Middle School	2.6	574
Kaneland McDole Elementary School	3.5	429
Kaneland Harter Middle School	1.7	882
Gary D. Wright Elementary School	2.5	589
Geneva Middle School South	2.5	592
Williamsburg Elementary School	3.1	455
Fearn Elementary School	3	463
Olney C. Allen Elementary School	2.3	612
Century Oaks Elementary School	3	430
Mill Creek School	3.1	413
Heartland Elementary School	3.8	314
Dundee Highlands Elementary School	3.4	358
Freeman Elementary School	2.2	554
Abbott Middle School	2.2	539
Herget Middle School	1.9	575
Hill Elementary School	2	554
J.B. Nelson Elementary School	2.8	395
Fabyan Elementary School	4.3	234
C.F. Simmons Middle School	0	791
C.I. Johnson Elementary School	0	332
C.M. Bardwell Elementary School	0	611
Carpentersville Middle School	0	1,109
Channing Memorial Elementary School	0	362
Coleman Elementary School	0	577
L.D. Brady Elementary School	0	282
Lakewood School	0	724
Lily Lake Grade School	0	271
Lincoln Elementary School	0	180
Louise White Elementary School	0	357
Lowrie Elementary School	0	346
John Gates Elementary School	0	399
Meadowdale Elementary School	0	418
Schneider Elementary School	0	339
Richmond Intermediate School	0	344
Ronald D.O. Neal Elementary School	0	457
Rose E. Krug Elementary School	0	252
Illinois Youth Center - St. Charles	0	20
H.C. Storm Elementary School	0	344
Hampshire Elementary School	0	415
Harriet Gifford Elementary School	0	403
Henry W. Cowherd Middle School	0	863
Highland Elementary School	0	567
Hillcrest Elementary School	0	427
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	0	149
Goodwin Elementary School	0	335
Davis Primary School	0	372
Beaupre Elementary School	0	155
Wasco Elementary School	0	440
Washington Elementary School	0	357
Washington Middle School	0	650
Western Avenue Elementary School	0	343
Willard Elementary School	0	227
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy	0	276
Benavides STEAM Academy	0	300
Mabel O. Donnell Elementary School	0	379
McKinley Elementary School	0	338
Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School	0	529
Nicholson Elementary School	0	306
Sunny Hill Elementary School	0	258
Edna Rollins Elementary School	0	467
Ellis Middle School	0	597
Oak Park Elementary School	0	412
K.D. Waldo Middle School	0	834
Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary	0	534
Kaneland John Shields Elementary School	0	426
Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School	0	440
Kimball Middle School	0	588
Parkview Elementary School	0	390
Perry Elementary School	0	222
Alice Gustafson Elementary School	0	495
G.N. Dieterich Elementary School	0	437
Garfield Elementary School	0	265
Golfview Elementary School	0	399
Grace McWayne Elementary School	0	337