Plainfield School District 202 welcomed 24,411 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 0.6% decrease from the previous school year.
Plainfield North High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,346 students.
Plainfield School District 202 roughly covers schools within Will and Kendall Counties and has a main office in Plainfield.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Reed Elementary School | 665 | 5.1% |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School | 502 | -6.2% |
| Walker’s Grove Elementary School | 618 | 1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | 667 | 3.1% |
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School | 547 | -2.8% |
| Heritage Grove Middle School | 852 | 0.9% |
| Indian Trail Middle School | 501 | -4.8% |
| Aux Sable Middle School | 830 | 0.4% |
| Lakewood Falls Elementary School | 523 | -0.9% |
| Ridge Elementary School | 478 | -0.8% |
| Plainfield South High School | 2,229 | -2.7% |
| Richard Ira Jones Middle School | 859 | -0.5% |
| Freedom Elementary School | 533 | 0% |
| Plainfield High School | 1,766 | -4.5% |
| Crystal Lawns Elementary School | 280 | -7.3% |
| Meadow View Elementary School | 572 | 5% |
| River View Elementary School | 636 | 2.7% |
| Drauden Point Middle School | 660 | -1.9% |
| Eagle Pointe Elementary School | 604 | 2.4% |
| Timber Ridge Middle School | 865 | 5.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School | 556 | 3.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 568 | 0.2% |
| Creekside Elementary School | 478 | 0% |
| Wesmere Elementary School | 531 | -2.4% |
| Plainfield East High School | 1,773 | -2.7% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle School | 899 | -3% |
| Central Elementary School | 504 | -2.9% |
| Plainfield North High School | 2,346 | 1.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
