Lena-Winslow Junior High School Principal Andrew Lobdell (2023) | Lena-Winslow Junior High School
Lena-Winslow Junior High School Principal Andrew Lobdell (2023) | Lena-Winslow Junior High School
Of the 5,725 students attending Stephenson County schools, 63.4% were white. African American students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 15.4% of Stephenson County students.
In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Stephenson County, representing 64.2% of the student body.
Freeport High School had the most diverse student body in Stephenson County, including Asian, African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.
In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.3% when compared to the previous year.
In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 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 5 years.
| School name | Most prevalent ethnicity | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrolment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Elementary School | Hispanic | 37.2% | 274 |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School | White | 39.5% | 390 |
| Center Elementary School | White | 41.8% | 280 |
| Dakota Elementary School | White | 93.8% | 387 |
| Dakota Junior Senior High School | White | 91.7% | 384 |
| Empire Elementary School | White | 43.9% | 337 |
| Freeport High School | White | 49.6% | 1,026 |
| Freeport Middle School | White | 47.8% | 533 |
| Jones-Farrar, an International Baccalaureate World School | White | 53.3% | 317 |
| Lena-Winslow Elementary School | White | 89.8% | 392 |
| Lena-Winslow High School | White | 89.8% | 244 |
| Lena-Winslow Junior High School | White | 90.8% | 163 |
| Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School | White | 42.6% | 270 |
| Orangeville Elementary School | White | 96.3% | 135 |
| Orangeville High School | White | 94.2% | 103 |
| Orangeville Junior High School | White | 90.5% | 74 |
| Pearl City Elementary School | White | 86.6% | 216 |
| Pearl City High School | White | 92% | 138 |
| Pearl City Junior High School | White | 83.9% | 62 |
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