Kankakee Times

Iroquois County schools welcomed 3,447 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.5% from the previous school year, when there were 3,463 students enrolled in the county.

Iroquois County had the 51st lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.5% identified as male, and 48.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.8% of its student body.

Within Iroquois County, Milford Grade School West Campus had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 350 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in 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. 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Central High School	Clifton	274
Chebanse Elementary School	Chebanse	339
Cissna Park Elementary School	Cissna Park	122
Cissna Park Junior High School	Cissna Park	55
Cissna Park Senior High School	Cissna Park	104
Crescent City Grade School	Crescent City	66
Donovan Elementary School	Donovan	149
Donovan Junior High School	Donovan	59
Donovan Senior High School	Donovan	72
Iroquois West Elementary School/Danforth	Danforth	101
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman	Gilman	155
Iroquois West Elementary School/Thawville	Thawville	126
Iroquois West High School	Gilman	261
Iroquois West Middle School	Onarga	190
John L. Nash Middle School	Clifton	288
Milford Grade School West Campus	Milford	350
Milford High School Campus	Milford	151
Wanda Kendall Elementary School	Watseka	120
Watseka Community High School	Watseka	271
Watseka Junior High School	Watseka	194