Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com
Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | solutiontree.com
Data showed that white students made up 71.5% of the 8,003 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.
Among the 26 schools in Whiteside County, Sterling High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 486 students.
As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.
| School name | % of White students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling High School | 51.1% | 951 |
| Challand Middle School | 55.2% | 698 |
| Rock Falls Township High School | 71.3% | 522 |
| Fulton Elementary School | 86.5% | 399 |
| Fulton High School | 91.8% | 269 |
| Morrison High School | 86.2% | 276 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 52.8% | 447 |
| Franklin Elementary School | 60.8% | 383 |
| Erie Elementary School | 94.3% | 247 |
| Northside School | 89.2% | 259 |
| Washington Elementary School | 56.6% | 387 |
| River Bend Middle School | 88.4% | 233 |
| Prophetstown Elementary School | 88.7% | 230 |
| Morrison Junior High School | 91.4% | 209 |
| Southside School | 87% | 215 |
| Prophetstown High School | 89.3% | 205 |
| Erie High School | 92.5% | 186 |
| Montmorency School | 79.2% | 207 |
| Erie Middle School | 91.9% | 173 |
| Dillon Elementary School | 64% | 247 |
| East Coloma - Nelson Elementary School | 75.6% | 209 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 54% | 285 |
| Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Middle School | 92.2% | 167 |
| Merrill Elementary School | 64.4% | 233 |
| Rock Falls Middle School | 58.2% | 232 |
| Tampico Elementary School | 89.6% | 134 |
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