NW Illinois News

Lee County schools welcomed 3,811 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.8% over the previous school year.

Lee County had the 47th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.2% boys, and 49.8% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 82.5% of its student body.

Within Lee County, Dixon High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 775 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
Amboy Central Elementary School	Amboy	295
Amboy High School	Amboy	212
Amboy Junior High School	Amboy	214
Ashton-Franklin Center Elementary School	Franklin Grove	258
Ashton-Franklin Center High School	Ashton	226
Dixon High School	Dixon	775
Jefferson Elementary School	Dixon	354
Madison School	Dixon	363
Paw Paw Elementary School	Paw Paw	77
Reagan Middle School	Dixon	549
Steward Elementary School	Steward	66
Washington Elementary School	Dixon	422