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Jo Daviess County schools welcomed 3,109 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.4% over the previous school year.

Jo Daviess County had the 49th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.3% boys, and 48.7% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 86.9% of its student body.

Within Jo Daviess County, East Dubuque Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 343 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
East Dubuque Elementary School	East Dubuque	343
East Dubuque High School	East Dubuque	198
East Dubuque Junior High	East Dubuque	93
Galena High School	Galena	258
Galena Middle School	Galena	302
Galena Primary School	Galena	303
River Ridge Elementary School	Hanover	197
River Ridge High School	Hanover	139
River Ridge Middle School	Hanover	105
Scales Mound Elementary School	Scales Mound	128
Scales Mound High School	Scales Mound	80
Scales Mound Junior High School	Scales Mound	59
Stockton Elementary School	Stockton	136
Stockton Middle School	Stockton	241
Stockton Senior High School	Stockton	160
Warren Elementary School	Warren	163
Warren Junior and Senior High School	Warren	204