NW Illinois News

Jo Daviess County schools welcomed 2,868 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 7.8% from the previous school year, when there were 3,109 students enrolled in the county.

Jo Daviess County had the 48th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.9% identified as male, and 49.1% as female.

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 346 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	346
East Dubuque High School	East Dubuque	199
East Dubuque Junior High	East Dubuque	89
Galena High School	Galena	242
Galena Middle School	Galena	257
Galena Primary School	Galena	317
River Ridge Elementary School	Hanover	217
River Ridge High School	Hanover	133
River Ridge Middle School	Hanover	105
Scales Mound Elementary School	Scales Mound	126
Scales Mound High School	Scales Mound	70
Scales Mound Junior High School	Scales Mound	61
Stockton Elementary School	Stockton	141
Stockton Senior High School	Stockton	171
Warren Elementary School	Warren	194
Warren Junior and Senior High School	Warren	200