Kane County Reporter

Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 welcomed 3,983 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Kaneland Senior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,272 students.

Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 roughly covers schools within Kane County and has a main office in Maple Park.

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 (%)
Kaneland Senior High School	1,272	-3.9%
Kaneland John Shields Elementary School	426	-3.4%
Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School	440	7.3%
Kaneland Harter Middle School	882	-5.8%
Kaneland McDole Elementary School	429	-0.5%
Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary	534	4.3%