Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Vice Chair of the Board Dr. Donna S. Leak (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
The district was ranked 568th the year before.
Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230 roughly covers schools within Henry County and has a main office in Kewanee.
In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had more than 1.9 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools across 852 school districts. 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.
Rank | District | City | Enrollment |
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1 | Chicago Public School District 299 | Chicago | 327,338 |
2 | School District U-46 | Elgin | 35,377 |
3 | Rockford School District 205 | Rockford | 27,328 |
4 | Indian Prairie School District 204 | Aurora | 25,632 |
5 | Plainfield School District 202 | Plainfield | 24,904 |
6 | Community Unit School District 300 | Algonquin | 19,951 |
7 | Oswego Community Unit School District 308 | Oswego | 16,873 |
8 | Naperville Community Unit School District 203 | Naperville | 16,064 |
9 | Valley View Community Unit School District 365U | Romeoville | 15,015 |
10 | Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | Schaumburg | 14,957 |
11 | Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | Waukegan | 14,041 |
12 | Springfield School District 186 | Springfield | 13,015 |
13 | Aurora East Unit School District 131 | Aurora | 12,674 |
14 | Peoria School District 150 | Peoria | 12,667 |
15 | McLean County Unit School District 5 | Normal | 12,393 |
16 | Township High School District 211 | Palatine | 11,981 |
17 | Township High School District 214 | Arlington Heights | 11,907 |
18 | St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 | St. Charles | 11,782 |
19 | Community Unit School District 200 | Wheaton | 11,550 |
20 | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | Palatine | 11,080 |
21 | Aurora West Unit School District 129 | Aurora | 10,925 |
22 | Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | Champaign | 10,120 |
23 | Joliet Public School District 86 | Joliet | 9,814 |
24 | Cicero School District 99 | Cicero | 9,228 |
25 | Huntley Community School District 158 | Algonquin | 8,590 |
26 | Elmhurst School District 205 | Elmhurst | 8,164 |
27 | Decatur School District 61 | Decatur | 8,147 |
28 | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 | Barrington | 8,074 |
29 | J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | Cicero | 7,890 |
30 | Glenbard Township High School District 87 | Glen Ellyn | 7,788 |
31 | Consolidated High School District 230 | Orland Park | 7,644 |
32 | Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 | Belvidere | 7,457 |
33 | Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 | Edwardsville | 7,328 |
34 | Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 | Moline | 7,123 |
35 | Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 | Crystal Lake | 6,973 |
36 | Joliet Township High School District 204 | Joliet | 6,838 |
37 | DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 | DeKalb | 6,703 |
38 | Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | Evanston | 6,661 |
39 | Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 | Yorkville | 6,596 |
40 | Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 | New Lenox | 6,586 |
41 | Quincy School District 172 | Quincy | 6,366 |
42 | Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 | Round Lake | 6,287 |
43 | Maine Township High School District 207 | Park Ridge | 6,199 |
44 | Harlem Unit School District 122 | Machesney Park | 6,188 |
45 | Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 | Woodstock | 6,167 |
46 | Rock Island School District 41 | Rock Island | 6,096 |
47 | Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 | Collinsville | 6,035 |
48 | Community Consolidated School District 59 | Elk Grove Village | 5,808 |
49 | Alton Community Unit School District 11 | Alton | 5,800 |
50 | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | Wheeling | 5,794 |
51 | Granite City Community Unit School District 9 | Granite City | 5,739 |
52 | Community High School District 155 | Crystal Lake | 5,583 |
53 | Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | Oak Park | 5,532 |
54 | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 | Lake Zurich | 5,480 |
55 | Community High School District 218 | Oak Lawn | 5,341 |
56 | Arlington Heights School District 25 | Arlington Heights | 5,278 |
57 | Batavia Unit School District 101 | Batavia | 5,265 |
58 | Orland School District 135 | Orland Park | 5,149 |
59 | Northfield Township High School District 225 | Glenview | 5,096 |
60 | Geneva Community Unit School District 304 | Geneva | 5,092 |
61 | Bremen Community High School District 228 | Midlothian | 5,038 |
62 | New Lenox School District 122 | New Lenox | 4,994 |
63 | Bloomington School District 87 | Bloomington | 4,982 |
64 | Kankakee School District 111 | Kankakee | 4,932 |
65 | Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 | Gurnee | 4,817 |
66 | Community High School District 99 | Downers Grove | 4,808 |
67 | Downers Grove Grade School District 58 | Downers Grove | 4,802 |
68 | Belleville Township High School District 201 | Belleville | 4,773 |
69 | Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | Danville | 4,765 |
70 | Central Community Unit School District 301 | Burlington | 4,638 |
71 | Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 | Chatham | 4,636 |
72 | East St. Louis School District 189 | East St. Louis | 4,618 |
73 | Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 | Dunlap | 4,614 |
74 | Thornton Township High School District 205 | South Holland | 4,584 |
75 | Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 | Park Ridge | 4,563 |
76 | Niles Township Community High School District 219 | Skokie | 4,556 |
77 | Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 | Minooka | 4,462 |
78 | Proviso Township High School District 209 | Forest Park | 4,415 |
79 | Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 | Lincolnshire | 4,352 |
80 | Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U | Crete | 4,290 |
81 | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | Glenview | 4,281 |
82 | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 | Wauconda | 4,267 |
83 | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 | Melrose Park | 4,258 |
84 | Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | Des Plaines | 4,213 |
85 | Urbana School District 116 | Urbana | 4,208 |
86 | Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 | Mascoutah | 4,154 |
87 | Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 | Maple Park | 4,053 |
88 | McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 | McHenry | 4,029 |
89 | Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C | Plainfield | 3,994 |
90 | Triad Community Unit School District 2 | Troy | 3,981 |
91 | Lyons Township High School District 204 | La Grange | 3,919 |
92 | Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 | Galesburg | 3,901 |
93 | Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | Hinsdale | 3,898 |
94 | New Trier Township High School District 203 | Northfield | 3,846 |
95 | O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 | O'Fallon | 3,799 |
96 | North Shore School District 112 | Highland Park | 3,786 |
97 | Lockport Township High School District 205 | Lockport | 3,778 |
98 | DuPage High School District 88 | Addison | 3,776 |
99 | Marion Community Unit School District 2 | Marion | 3,695 |
100 | Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 | Clarendon Hills | 3,662 |
101 | Evanston Township High School District 202 | Evanston | 3,653 |
102 | Warren Township High School District 121 | Gurnee | 3,651 |
103 | Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C | Homer Glen | 3,640 |
104 | Addison School District 4 | Addison | 3,561 |
105 | Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 | Vernon Hills | 3,557 |
106 | Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 | Sycamore | 3,545 |
107 | Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 | Grayslake | 3,512 |
108 | Kirby School District 140 | Tinley Park | 3,487 |
109 | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | Glen Ellyn | 3,477 |
110 | West Chicago Elementary School District 33 | West Chicago | 3,468 |
111 | East Maine School District 63 | Des Plaines | 3,458 |
112 | Freeport School District 145 | Freeport | 3,427 |
113 | Belleville School District 118 | Belleville | 3,395 |
114 | Leyden Community High School District 212 | Franklin Park | 3,392 |
115 | North Palos School District 117 | Palos Hills | 3,360 |
116 | Wilmette School District 39 | Wilmette | 3,342 |
117 | North Chicago School District 187 | North Chicago | 3,340 |
118 | Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 | Buffalo Grove | 3,333 |
119 | Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | Oak Park | 3,329 |
120 | Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 | Mahomet | 3,325 |
121 | Libertyville Community High School District 128 | Vernon Hills | 3,296 |
122 | Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 | Oak Lawn | 3,277 |
123 | Community Consolidated School District 93 | Bloomingdale | 3,249 |
124 | Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 | Lansing | 3,238 |
125 | Burbank School District 111 | Burbank | 3,232 |
126 | Township High School District 113 | Highland Park | 3,220 |
127 | Sterling Community Unit School District 5 | Sterling | 3,161 |
128 | Morton Community Unit School District 709 | Morton | 3,140 |
129 | Pekin Public School District 108 | Pekin | 3,137 |
130 | Jacksonville School District 117 | Jacksonville | 3,131 |
131 | Villa Park School District 45 | Villa Park | 3,115 |
132 | Berwyn South School District 100 | Berwyn | 3,103 |
133 | Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 | Mattoon | 3,059 |
134 | Cook County School District 130 | Blue Island | 3,023 |
135 | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | Cahokia | 3,013 |
136 | La Grange School District 102 | La Grange Park | 2,962 |
137 | Lombard School District 44 | Lombard | 2,927 |
138 | Bloom Township High School District 206 | Chicago Heights | 2,888 |
139 | Highland Community Unit School District 5 | Highland | 2,820 |
140 | Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | Elmwood Park | 2,788 |
141 | Minooka Community High School District 111 | Channahon | 2,783 |
142 | Deerfield School District 109 | Deerfield | 2,740 |
143 | Woodridge School District 68 | Woodridge | 2,739 |
144 | Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | Flossmoor | 2,720 |
145 | Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 | Waterloo | 2,676 |
146 | Chicago Heights School District 170 | Chicago Heights | 2,654 |
147 | Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 | Antioch | 2,610 |
148 | Grayslake Community High School District 127 | Grayslake | 2,597 |
149 | Rich Township High School District 227 | Matteson | 2,595 |
150 | Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C | Frankfort | 2,591 |
151 | Antioch Community High School District 117 | Lake Villa | 2,588 |
152 | Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 | Markham | 2,582 |
153 | Lansing School District 158 | Lansing | 2,541 |
154 | Summit Hill School District 161 | Frankfort | 2,536 |
155 | East Moline School District 37 | East Moline | 2,527 |
155 | Lake Park Community High School District 108 | Roselle | 2,527 |
157 | Charleston Community Unit School District 1 | Charleston | 2,525 |
158 | Berwyn North School District 98 | Berwyn | 2,504 |
159 | Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | Harvard | 2,502 |
160 | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | Zion | 2,501 |
161 | O'Fallon Township High School District 203 | O'Fallon | 2,497 |
162 | Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 | Buffalo Grove | 2,474 |
163 | Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 | Geneseo | 2,466 |
164 | Dixon Unit School District 170 | Dixon | 2,463 |
165 | Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 | Lake Villa | 2,432 |
166 | Indian Springs School District 109 | Justice | 2,413 |
167 | Jersey Community Unit School District 100 | Jerseyville | 2,412 |
168 | Mannheim School District 83 | Franklin Park | 2,409 |
169 | Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A | Lemont | 2,395 |
170 | Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 | Bethalto | 2,390 |
171 | Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 | Mount Zion | 2,375 |
172 | Matteson Elementary School District 162 | Richton Park | 2,362 |
173 | Plano Community Unit School District 88 | Plano | 2,351 |
174 | Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 | Cary | 2,350 |
175 | Marquardt School District 15 | Glendale Heights | 2,339 |
176 | Herrin Community Unit School District 4 | Herrin | 2,337 |
177 | Berkeley School District 87 | Berkeley | 2,312 |
178 | Community Consolidated School District 146 | Tinley Park | 2,307 |
179 | Ridgeland School District 122 | Oak Lawn | 2,300 |
180 | Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | Effingham | 2,294 |
181 | Bourbonnais School District 53 | Bourbonnais | 2,281 |
182 | Flossmoor School District 161 | Chicago Heights | 2,267 |
183 | Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 | Taylorville | 2,247 |
183 | Mount Prospect School District 57 | Mount Prospect | 2,247 |
185 | Dolton School District 149 | Calumet City | 2,242 |
186 | Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 | Glen Ellyn | 2,228 |
187 | Carterville Community Unit School District 5 | Carterville | 2,200 |
188 | East Richland Community Unit School District 1 | Olney | 2,194 |
188 | Canton Union School District 66 | Canton | 2,194 |
190 | McHenry Community High School District 156 | McHenry | 2,185 |
191 | Zion Elementary School District 6 | Zion | 2,184 |
192 | Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 | Mundelein | 2,145 |
193 | Bellwood School District 88 | Bellwood | 2,129 |
194 | Lyons School District 103 | Lyons | 2,121 |
195 | Rochester Community Unit School District 3A | Rochester | 2,102 |
196 | Libertyville School District 70 | Libertyville | 2,097 |
197 | Fremont School District 79 | Mundelein | 2,093 |
198 | Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | Coal City | 2,056 |
199 | Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 | Chillicothe | 2,035 |
200 | Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 | Palos Park | 2,017 |