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This is a 3.1% decrease from the previous school year.
Hufford Junior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,122 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School | 466 | 5.2% |
| Carl Sandburg Elementary School | 312 | -9.8% |
| Farragut Elementary School | 446 | -3.5% |
| Dirksen Junior High School | 549 | -12.9% |
| Hufford Junior High School | 1,122 | -4.9% |
| Taft Elementary School | 314 | -6.3% |
| Eisenhower Academy | 229 | 1.8% |
| M.J. Cunningham Elementary School | 582 | 0.3% |
| Lynne Thigpen Elementary School | 624 | 2.3% |
| A.O. Marshall Elementary School | 408 | 2.5% |
| Edna Keith Elementary School | 261 | -9.4% |
| T.E. Culbertson Elementary School | 210 | -6.3% |
| Forest Park Individual Education School | 279 | -1.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | 412 | -0.2% |
| Pershing Elementary School | 475 | -2.9% |
| Sator Sanchez Elementary School | 714 | 0% |
| Woodland Elementary School | 283 | -6.6% |
| Gompers Junior High School | 685 | -2.4% |
| Washington Junior High and Academy Program | 741 | 0.5% |
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