Joliet Public School District 86 welcomed 9,295 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 1.3% decrease from the previous school year.
Hufford Junior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,081 students.
Joliet Public School District 86 roughly covers schools within Will County and has a main office in Joliet.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School | 729 | 2.7% |
| Taft Elementary School | 322 | -3% |
| A.O. Marshall Elementary School | 227 | 7.6% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School | 581 | -4.8% |
| Woodland Elementary School | 335 | -3.7% |
| Dirksen Junior High School | 521 | -6% |
| Edna Keith Elementary School | 341 | -4.5% |
| Gompers Junior High School | 745 | 7.2% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 286 | -0.3% |
| T.E. Culbertson Elementary School | 174 | -17.9% |
| Hufford Junior High School | 1,081 | -1.8% |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School | 473 | 4.2% |
| M.J. Cunningham Elementary School | 517 | 0.8% |
| Washington Junior High and Academy Program | 669 | -2.3% |
| Pershing Elementary School | 487 | 1.9% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | 413 | -7.2% |
| Farragut Elementary School | 506 | -1% |
| Forest Park Individual Education School | 263 | -1.5% |
| Eisenhower Academy | 209 | -7.9% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
