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Jo Daviess County enrollment in 2022-23 school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

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.

Enrollment in Jo Daviess County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Jo Daviess County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
East Dubuque Elementary SchoolEast Dubuque346
East Dubuque High SchoolEast Dubuque199
East Dubuque Junior HighEast Dubuque89
Galena High SchoolGalena242
Galena Middle SchoolGalena257
Galena Primary SchoolGalena317
River Ridge Elementary SchoolHanover217
River Ridge High SchoolHanover133
River Ridge Middle SchoolHanover105
Scales Mound Elementary SchoolScales Mound126
Scales Mound High SchoolScales Mound70
Scales Mound Junior High SchoolScales Mound61
Stockton Elementary SchoolStockton141
Stockton Senior High SchoolStockton171
Warren Elementary SchoolWarren194
Warren Junior and Senior High SchoolWarren200

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