Lee County schools welcomed 3,723 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This is a decrease of 3.2% from the previous school year, when there were 3,848 students enrolled in the county.
Lee County had the 48th highest enrollment numbers in the state.
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.
Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 82.8% of its student body.
Within Lee County, Dixon High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 740 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.
Enrollment of Lee County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
| School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Amboy Central Elementary School | Amboy | 273 |
| Amboy High School | Amboy | 209 |
| Amboy Junior High School | Amboy | 206 |
| Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School | Franklin Grove | 257 |
| Ashton-Franklin Center High School | Ashton | 213 |
| Dixon High School | Dixon | 740 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Dixon | 309 |
| Madison School | Dixon | 367 |
| Paw Paw Elementary School | Paw Paw | 79 |
| Paw Paw Junior High School | Paw Paw | 34 |
| Reagan Middle School | Dixon | 544 |
| Steward Elementary School | Steward | 70 |
| Washington Elementary School | Dixon | 422 |
