Freeport School District 145 Principal Dr. Anna Alvarado (2023) | Freeport School District 145
Freeport School District 145 Principal Dr. Anna Alvarado (2023) | Freeport School District 145
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.3% of them were boys, and 49.7% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Freeport School District 145 students was white, accounting for 44.8% of the student population.
Among the five districts in Stephenson County, Lena Winslow Community Unit School District 202 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 799 students, while Dakota Community Unit School District 201 welcomed 771 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Freeport School District 145 roughly covers schools within Stephenson County with its main office in Freeport.
In the previous school year, Freeport School District 145 also had the highest number of students among Stephenson County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 schools. There were 130,467 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Freeport School District 145 | Freeport | 3,427 |
| Lena Winslow Community Unit School District 202 | Lena | 799 |
| Dakota Community Unit School District 201 | Dakota | 771 |
| Pearl City Community Unit School District 200 | Pearl City | 416 |
| Orangeville Community Unit School District 203 | Orangeville | 312 |
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