Will County Gazette

Will County schools welcomed 112,742 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.4% from the previous school year, when there were 113,241 students enrolled in the county.

Will County had the fourth highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male, and 48.9% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Will County students was white, making up about 46.6% of all the students.

Within Will County, Lockport Township High School East had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 3,834 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
A. Vito Martinez Middle School	Romeoville	664
A.O. Marshall Elementary School	Joliet	408
Alex M. Martino Junior High School	New Lenox	572
Anna McDonald Elementary School	Manhattan	574
Anna McDonald Elementary School	Manhattan	574
Arbury Hills Elementary School	Mokena	166
Arbury Hills Elementary School	Mokena	166
Arlene Welch Elementary School	Naperville	573
Arnold J. Tyler School	New Lenox	371
Balmoral Elementary School	Crete	429
Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora	551
Beecher Elementary School	Beecher	433
Beecher High School	Beecher	342
Beecher Junior High School	Beecher	243
Bentley Elementary School	New Lenox	370
Bernard J. Ward Elementary School	Bolingbrook	362
Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook	3,363
Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook	1,008
Bruning Elementary School	Wilmington	215
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	Joliet	312
Central Elementary School	Plainfield	511
Chaney-Monge School	Crest Hill	405
Channahon Junior High School	Channahon	273
Chelsea Elementary School	Frankfort	876
Cherry Hill Elementary And Early Childhood Center	New Lenox	157
Clifford Crone Middle School	Naperville	847
Columbia Central School	Steger	607
Coretta Scott King Magnet School	University Park	252
Creekside Elementary School	Plainfield	492
Crete Elementary School	Crete	369
Crete-Monee High School	Crete	1,460
Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park	943
Crystal Lawns Elementary School	Joliet	289
Danielle-Joy Peterson Elementary School	Naperville	604
Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet	549
Dr. Julian Rogus School	Frankfort	647
Drauden Point Middle School	Plainfield	692
Eagle Pointe Elementary School	Plainfield	600
Edna Keith Elementary School	Joliet	261
Eisenhower Academy	Joliet	229
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School	Plainfield	559
Elwood C.C. School	Elwood	265
Fairmont School	Lockport	293
Farragut Elementary School	Joliet	446
Forest Park Individual Education School	Joliet	279
Frankfort Square Elementary School	Frankfort	164
Freedom Elementary School	Plainfield	540
Fry Elementary School	Naperville	574
Gompers Junior High School	Joliet	685
Goodings Grove School	Homer Glen	408
Gordon Gregory Middle School	Naperville	793
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Joliet	526
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Frankfort	855
Hadley Middle School	Homer Glen	838
Haines Elementary School	New Lenox	368
Heritage Grove Middle School	Plainfield	879
Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort	905
Homer Junior High School	Homer Glen	842
Homestead Elementary School	Aurora	483
Homestead Elementary School	Aurora	483
Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook	620
Hufford Junior High School	Joliet	1,122
Independence Elementary School	Bolingbrook	597
Indian Trail Elementary School	Frankfort	316
Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield	574
Irene King Elementary School	Romeoville	421
Isaac Singleton Elementary School	Joliet	466
Jamie McGee Elementary School	Bolingbrook	380
Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook	562
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plainfield	893
John J. Lukancic Middle School	Romeoville	572
John R. Tibbott Elementary School	Bolingbrook	503
Joliet Central High School	Joliet	3,334
Joliet West High School	Joliet	3,365
Jonas E. Salk Elementary School	Bolingbrook	490
Kelvin Grove Junior High School	Lockport	312
Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School	Romeoville	395
Kingsley Elementary School	Naperville	418
L.J. Stevens Intermediate School	Wilmington	325
Lakewood Falls Elementary School	Plainfield	506
Laraway Elementary School	Joliet	426
Liberty Elementary School	Bolingbrook	556
Liberty Junior High School	New Lenox	591
Lincoln Elementary School	Plainfield	574
Lincoln Way West	New Lenox	1,948
Lincoln-Way Central High School	New Lenox	1,941
Lincoln-Way East High School	Frankfort	2,727
Lockport Township High School East	Lockport	3,834
Ludwig Elementary School	Lockport	281
Luther J. Schilling School	Homer Glen	705
Lynne Thigpen Elementary School	Joliet	624
M.J. Cunningham Elementary School	Joliet	582
Manhattan Junior High School	Manhattan	562
Meadow View Elementary School	Plainfield	546
Milne Grove Elementary School	Lockport	238
Mokena Elementary School	Mokena	716
Mokena Intermediate School	Mokena	330
Mokena Junior High School	Mokena	499
Monee Elementary School	Monee	393
N.B. Galloway Elementary School	Channahon	375
Nelson Prairie School	New Lenox	399
Nelson Ridge School	New Lenox	467
Neuqua Valley High School	Naperville	3,199
Oak Prairie Junior High School	Homer Glen	449
Oak View Elementary School	Bolingbrook	557
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School	Naperville	553
Orenic Intermediate School	Plainfield	854
Oster-Oakview School	New Lenox	369
Patterson Elementary School	Naperville	472
Peotone Elementary School	Peotone	281
Peotone High School	Peotone	437
Peotone Intermediate Center	Frankfort	184
Peotone Junior High School	Peotone	292
Pershing Elementary School	Joliet	475
Pioneer Elementary School	Bolingbrook	585
Pioneer Path School	Channahon	249
Plainfield East High School	Plainfield	1,936
Plainfield High School	Plainfield	1,940
Plainfield North High School	Plainfield	2,325
Reed Elementary School	Homer Glen	291
Reed-Custer Elementary School	Braidwood	634
Reed-Custer High School	Braidwood	419
Reed-Custer Middle School	Braidwood	272
Richard Ira Jones Middle School	Plainfield	849
Richland Elementary School	Crest Hill	809
Ridge Elementary School	Plainfield	519
River View Elementary School	Plainfield	610
River Woods Elementary School	Naperville	469
Robert C. Hill Elementary School	Romeoville	582
Robert Clow Elementary School	Naperville	340
Rockdale Elementary School	Rockdale	239
Romeoville High School	Romeoville	1,866
Sator Sanchez Elementary School	Joliet	714
Scullen Middle School	Naperville	968
Skoff Elementary School	Romeoville	717
Spencer Crossing Intermediate School	New Lenox	503
Spencer Pointe School	New Lenox	487
Spencer Trail School	New Lenox	382
Spring Brook Elementary School	Naperville	567
Steger Intermediate Center	Steger	442
Summit Hill Junior High School	Frankfort	638
T.E. Culbertson Elementary School	Joliet	210
Taft Elementary School	Joliet	314
Taft Grade School	Lockport	265
Talala Elementary School	Park Forest	277
The Wheatlands Elementary School	Aurora	524
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Joliet	412
Three Rivers School	Channahon	264
Timber Ridge Middle School	Plainfield	858
Troy Craughwell School	Joliet	396
Troy Cronin Elementary School	Shorewood	630
Troy Heritage Trail School	Joliet	405
Troy Hofer Elementary School	Shorewood	422
Troy Middle School	Plainfield	901
Troy Shorewood School	Shorewood	337
Union Elementary School	Joliet	106
V. Blanche Graham Elementary School	Naperville	306
Walker Intermediate School	Tinley Park	545
Walker's Grove Elementary School	Plainfield	618
Walnut Trails Elementary School	Shorewood	517
Walsh Elementary School	Lockport	335
Washington Junior High and Academy Program	Joliet	741
Wayne Builta Elementary School	Bolingbrook	296
Wesmere Elementary School	Plainfield	545
William E. Young School	Homer Glen	430
William J. Butler School	Lockport	449
Wilmington High School	Wilmington	403
Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington	288
Wilson Creek Elementary School	Manhattan	711
Wilson Creek Elementary School	Manhattan	711
Wolf's Crossing Elementary School	Aurora	489
Wolf's Crossing Elementary School	Aurora	489
Wood View Elementary School	Bolingbrook	362
Woodland Elementary School	Joliet	283