Kankakee Times

Iroquois County schools welcomed 3,396 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.5% from the previous school year, when there were 3,447 students enrolled in the county.

Iroquois County had the 50th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

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

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 80.3% of its student body.

Within Iroquois County, Chebanse Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 342 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
Central High School	Clifton	283
Chebanse Elementary School	Chebanse	342
Cissna Park Elementary School	Cissna Park	125
Cissna Park Junior High School	Cissna Park	63
Cissna Park Senior High School	Cissna Park	97
Crescent City Grade School	Crescent City	50
Donovan Elementary School	Donovan	155
Donovan Junior High School	Donovan	56
Donovan Senior High School	Donovan	74
Iroquois West Elementary School/Danforth	Danforth	87
Iroquois West Elementary School/Gilman	Gilman	154
Iroquois West Elementary School/Thawville	Thawville	111
Iroquois West High School	Gilman	248
Iroquois West Middle School	Onarga	210
John L. Nash Middle School	Clifton	271
Milford Grade School West Campus	Milford	332
Milford High School Campus	Milford	145
Wanda Kendall Elementary School	Watseka	117
Watseka Community High School	Watseka	274
Watseka Junior High School	Watseka	202