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Kendall County Schools: Oswego High School welcomed the most students in 2021-22 school year

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Thompson Junior High School Principal Mr. Marcus Lewis (2023) | Thompson Junior High School

Thompson Junior High School Principal Mr. Marcus Lewis (2023) | Thompson Junior High School

Oswego High School had the highest enrollment among Kendall County schools, welcoming 2,856 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 53.7% of the student body at Oswego High School.

Among the 39 schools in Kendall County, Oswego East High School ranked second in enrollment with 2,838 students, while Yorkville High School welcomed 2,033 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Oswego High School is a part of Oswego Community Unit School District 308, which generally encompasses schools within Kendall County with its main office in Oswego.

In the previous school year, Oswego High School had the highest number of students among Kendall County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 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 5 years.

Enrollment in Kendall County Over 4 Years
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Demographics in Kendall County Schools During 2021-22 School Year
School nameCityTotal Enrolment
Oswego High SchoolOswego2,856
Oswego East High SchoolOswego2,838
Yorkville High SchoolYorkville2,033
Yorkville Middle SchoolYorkville1,035
Traughber Junior High SchoolOswego1,024
Thompson Junior High SchoolOswego825
Plano High SchoolPlano797
Murphy Junior High SchoolPlainfield777
Plank Junior High SchoolOswego748
Yorkville Intermediate SchoolYorkville690
Autumn Creek Elementary SchoolYorkville688
Boulder Hill Elementary SchoolMontgomery643
Hunt Club Elementary SchoolOswego637
Lakewood Creek Elementary SchoolMontgomery596
Fox Chase Elementary SchoolOswego591
Bristol Bay Elementary SchoolYorkville589
Bednarcik Junior High SchoolAurora577
Grande Reserve Elementary SchoolYorkville577
Southbury Elementary SchoolOswego572
Grande Park Elementary SchoolPlainfield565
Circle Center Grade SchoolYorkville548
The Wheatlands Elementary SchoolAurora521
Homestead Elementary SchoolAurora496
Emily G. Johns SchoolPlano495
Old Post Elementary SchoolOswego461
Churchill Elementary SchoolOswego459
P.H. Miller Elementary SchoolPlano439
Long Beach Elementary SchoolMontgomery420
Prairie Point Elementary SchoolOswego420
Wolf's Crossing Elementary SchoolAurora410
Brokaw Early Learning CenterOswego398
Plano Middle SchoolPlano331
Centennial Elementary SchoolPlano289
Yorkville Grade SchoolYorkville229
Bristol Grade SchoolBristol207
Newark Community High SchoolNewark165
Millbrook Junior High SchoolNewark121
Lisbon Grade SchoolNewark106
Newark Elementary SchoolNewark105

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