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Ogle County schools welcomed 8,230 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.7% over the previous school year, when there were 8,173 students enrolled in the county.

Ogle County had the 26th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51% identified as male, and 49% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 74.6% of its student body.

Within Ogle County, Oregon Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 837 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
Aplington Middle School	Polo	114
Byron High School 9-12	Byron	453
Byron Middle School	Byron	349
Centennial Elementary School	Polo	222
Central Elementary School	Rochelle	272
Creston Elementary School	Creston	93
Eswood C.C. Grade School	Lindenwood	66
Forreston Grade School	Forreston	242
Forreston Junior/Senior High School	Forreston	415
Highland Elementary School	Stillman Valley	355
Kings Elementary School	Kings	83
Lincoln Elementary School	Rochelle	503
Mary Morgan Elementary School	Byron	659
Meridian Junior High School	Stillman Valley	299
Monroe Center Grade School	Monroe Center	322
Oregon Elementary School	Oregon	837
Oregon High School	Oregon	641
Polo Community High School	Polo	192
Rochelle Middle School	Rochelle	474
Rochelle Township High School	Rochelle	832
Stillman Valley High School	Stillman Valley	486
Tilton Elementary School	Rochelle	321