Will County Gazette

Kendall County schools welcomed 26,278 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1% over the previous school year.

Kendall County had the 12th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.4% boys, and 48.6% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Kendall County students was white, making up about 53.5% of all the students.

Within Kendall County, Oswego High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,856 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.

School	City	Enrollment
Autumn Creek Elementary School	Yorkville	688
Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora	577
Boulder Hill Elementary School	Montgomery	643
Bristol Bay Elementary School	Yorkville	589
Bristol Grade School	Bristol	207
Brokaw Early Learning Center	Oswego	398
Centennial Elementary School	Plano	289
Churchill Elementary School	Oswego	459
Circle Center Grade School	Yorkville	548
Emily G. Johns School	Plano	495
Fox Chase Elementary School	Oswego	591
Grande Park Elementary School	Plainfield	565
Grande Reserve Elementary School	Yorkville	577
Homestead Elementary School	Aurora	496
Hunt Club Elementary School	Oswego	637
Lakewood Creek Elementary School	Montgomery	596
Lisbon Grade School	Newark	106
Long Beach Elementary School	Montgomery	420
Millbrook Junior High School	Newark	121
Murphy Junior High School	Plainfield	777
Newark Community High School	Newark	165
Newark Elementary School	Newark	105
Old Post Elementary School	Oswego	461
Oswego East High School	Oswego	2,838
Oswego High School	Oswego	2,856
P.H. Miller Elementary School	Plano	439
Plank Junior High School	Oswego	748
Plano High School	Plano	797
Plano Middle School	Plano	331
Prairie Point Elementary School	Oswego	420
Southbury Elementary School	Oswego	572
The Wheatlands Elementary School	Aurora	521
Thompson Junior High School	Oswego	825
Traughber Junior High School	Oswego	1,024
Wolf's Crossing Elementary School	Aurora	410
Yorkville Grade School	Yorkville	229
Yorkville High School	Yorkville	2,033
Yorkville Intermediate School	Yorkville	690
Yorkville Middle School	Yorkville	1,035