Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com
This is a decrease of 0.5% from the previous school year, when there were 8,075 students enrolled in the county.
Whiteside County had the 27th highest enrollment numbers in the state.
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.3% identified as male, and 48.7% as female.
Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 71.5% of its student body.
Within Whiteside County, Sterling High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,000 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 of Whiteside County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
| School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Challand Middle School | Sterling | 691 |
| Dillon Elementary School | Rock Falls | 239 |
| East Coloma - Nelson Elementary School | Rock Falls | 212 |
| Erie Elementary School | Erie | 239 |
| Erie High School | Erie | 180 |
| Erie Middle School | Erie | 174 |
| Franklin Elementary School | Sterling | 381 |
| Fulton Elementary School | Fulton | 399 |
| Fulton High School | Fulton | 266 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Sterling | 429 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Sterling | 312 |
| Merrill Elementary School | Rock Falls | 238 |
| Montmorency School | Rock Falls | 202 |
| Morrison High School | Morrison | 286 |
| Morrison Junior High School | Morrison | 214 |
| Northside School | Morrison | 248 |
| Prophetstown Elementary School | Prophetstown | 236 |
| Prophetstown High School | Prophetstown | 198 |
| Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Middle School | Prophetstown | 161 |
| River Bend Middle School | Fulton | 210 |
| Rock Falls Middle School | Rock Falls | 231 |
| Rock Falls Township High School | Rock Falls | 547 |
| Southside School | Morrison | 209 |
| Sterling High School | Sterling | 1,000 |
| Tampico Elementary School | Tampico | 158 |
| Washington Elementary School | Sterling | 371 |
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