Kane County Reporter

Kane County schools welcomed 81,968 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 5.4% from the previous school year, when there were 86,631 students enrolled in the county.

Kane County had the fifth highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male, and 48.9% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Kane County students was Hispanic, making up about 45.9% of all the students.

Within Kane County, East High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 3,907 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	City	Enrollment
Abbott Middle School	Elgin	549
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	Algonquin	379
Alice Gustafson Elementary School	Batavia	487
Anderson Elementary School	St. Charles	443
Batavia Senior High School	Batavia	1,710
Beaupre Elementary School	Aurora	165
Bell-Graham Elementary School	St. Charles	472
Benavides STEAM Academy	Aurora	316
C.F. Simmons Middle School	Aurora	729
C.I. Johnson Elementary School	Aurora	271
C.M. Bardwell Elementary School	Aurora	598
Cambridge Lakes Charter School	Pingree Grove	620
Carpentersville Middle School	Carpentersville	1,086
Central High School	Burlington	1,432
Central Middle School	Burlington	403
Century Oaks Elementary School	Elgin	422
Channing Memorial Elementary School	Elgin	480
Clinton Elementary School	South Elgin	487
Coleman Elementary School	Elgin	550
Corron Elementary School	South Elgin	525
Country Trails Elementary School	Elgin	688
Creekside Elementary School	Elgin	478
Davis Primary School	St. Charles	397
Dundee Highlands Elementary School	West Dundee	339
Dundee Middle School	Dundee	1,178
Dundee-Crown High School	Carpentersville	2,377
East High School	Aurora	3,907
Edna Rollins Elementary School	Aurora	492
Elgin Math and Science Academy Charter School	Elgin	463
Ellis Middle School	Elgin	555
Fabyan Elementary School	Geneva	235
Fearn Elementary School	North Aurora	467
Ferson Creek School	St. Charles	580
Fox Meadow Elementary School	South Elgin	425
Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy	Aurora	281
Freeman Elementary School	Aurora	542
G.N. Dieterich Elementary School	Aurora	440
Gary D. Wright Elementary School	Hampshire	659
Geneva Community High School	Geneva	1,593
Geneva Middle School North	Geneva	598
Geneva Middle School South	Geneva	590
Gilberts Elementary School	Gilberts	697
Golfview Elementary School	Carpentersville	382
Goodwin Elementary School	North Aurora	309
Grace McWayne Elementary School	Batavia	348
Greenman Elementary School	Aurora	536
H.C. Storm Elementary School	Batavia	339
Hall Elementary School	Aurora	529
Hampshire Elementary School	Hampshire	428
Hampshire High School	Hampshire	1,889
Hampshire Middle School	Hampshire	803
Harriet Gifford Elementary School	Elgin	380
Harrison Street Elementary School	Geneva	386
Heartland Elementary School	Geneva	317
Henry W. Cowherd Middle School	Aurora	843
Herget Middle School	Aurora	572
Highland Elementary School	Elgin	562
Hill Elementary School	Aurora	550
Hillcrest Elementary School	Elgin	446
Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School	Big Rock	146
Hoover Wood Elementary School	Batavia	343
Howard B. Thomas Grade School	Burlington	639
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy		630
Illinois Youth Center - St. Charles	St. Charles	32
J.B. Nelson Elementary School	Batavia	426
Jefferson Middle School	Aurora	551
Jewel Middle School	North Aurora	525
John Gates Elementary School	Aurora	409
K.D. Waldo Middle School	Aurora	784
Kaneland Blackberry Creek Elementary	Elburn	491
Kaneland Harter Middle School	Sugar Grove	812
Kaneland John Shields Elementary School	Sugar Grove	394
Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School	Elburn	438
Kaneland McDole Elementary School	Montgomery	419
Kaneland Senior High School	Maple Park	1,228
Kenyon Woods Middle School	South Elgin	749
Kimball Middle School	Elgin	550
L.D. Brady Elementary School	Aurora	265
Lakewood School	Carpentersville	496
Larkin High School	Elgin	2,075
Larsen Middle School	Elgin	527
Liberty Elementary School	Carpentersville	727
Lily Lake Grade School	Maple Park	270
Louise White Elementary School	Batavia	385
Lowrie Elementary School	Elgin	326
Mabel O. Donnell Elementary School	Aurora	374
McCleery Elementary School	Aurora	581
McKinley Elementary School	Elgin	353
Meadowdale Elementary School	Carpentersville	412
Mill Creek School	Geneva	373
Munhall Elementary School	St. Charles	501
Nicholas A. Hermes Elementary School	Aurora	538
Nicholson Elementary School	Montgomery	321
Oak Park Elementary School	Aurora	446
Olney C. Allen Elementary School	Aurora	596
Otter Creek Elementary School	Elgin	684
Parkview Elementary School	Carpentersville	535
Perry Elementary School	Carpentersville	227
Prairie Knolls Middle School	Elgin	767
Prairie View Grade School	Elgin	673
Richmond Intermediate School	St. Charles	356
Ronald D.O. Neal Elementary School	Elgin	453
Rose E. Krug Elementary School	Aurora	252
Saint Charles East High School	St. Charles	1,886
Saint Charles North High School	St. Charles	1,802
Sam Rotolo Middle School	Batavia	1,094
Schneider Elementary School	North Aurora	348
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School	Sleepy Hollow	399
Smith Elementary School	Aurora	396
South Elgin High School	South Elgin	2,750
Sunny Hill Elementary School	Carpentersville	250
Thompson Middle School	St. Charles	1,275
Wasco Elementary School	Wasco	417
Washington Elementary School	Elgin	374
Washington Middle School	Aurora	663
West Aurora High School	Aurora	3,317
Western Avenue Elementary School	Geneva	341
Westfield Community School	Algonquin	1,321
Wild Rose Elementary School	St. Charles	537
Willard Elementary School	South Elgin	240
Williamsburg Elementary School	Geneva	448
Wredling Middle School	St. Charles	1,307