Kane County Reporter

Central Community Unit School District 301 welcomed 4,795 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 3.4% increase over the previous school year.

Central High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,354 students.

Central Community Unit School District 301 roughly covers schools within Kane County and has a main office in Burlington.

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 three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Country Trails Elementary School	665	5.1%
Prairie View Grade School	712	18.9%
Prairie Knolls Middle School	786	3%
Central Middle School	410	12.6%
Lily Lake Grade School	271	3%
Howard B. Thomas Grade School	597	-13.4%
Central High School	1,354	2%