Rock Island Today

Rock Island County schools welcomed 21,925 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.4% over the previous school year.

Rock Island County had the 15th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.7% boys, and 49.3% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Rock Island County students was white, making up about 51.3% of all the students.

Within Rock Island County, Moline Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,100 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
Andalusia Elementary School	Andalusia	229
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Moline	283
Bicentennial Elementary School	Coal Valley	301
Bowlesburg Elementary School	Silvis	303
Butterworth Elementary School	Moline	229
Denkmann Elementary School	Rock Island	346
Eagle Ridge School	Silvis	283
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	Rock Island	357
Edison Junior High School	Rock Island	419
Eugene Field Elementary School	Rock Island	400
Frances Willard Elementary School	Rock Island	307
George O. Barr School	Silvis	428
George Washington Elementary School	Moline	323
Glenview Middle School	East Moline	1,107
Hamilton Elementary School	Moline	600
Hampton Elementary School	Hampton	225
Hillcrest Elementary School	East Moline	322
Horace Mann Early Learning Center	Rock Island	128
Illinois City Elementary School	Illinois City	58
Jane Addams Elementary School	Moline	288
Jefferson Early Childhood Center	Moline	208
John Deere Middle School	Moline	752
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	Moline	288
Logan Elementary School	Moline	277
Longfellow Elementary School	Rock Island	216
Matherville Intermediate School	Matherville	193
Moline Senior High School	Moline	2,100
Northeast Junior High School	East Moline	209
Ridgewood Elementary School	Rock Island	299
Ridgewood Elementary School	East Moline	377
Riverdale Elementary School	Port Byron	517
Riverdale Middle School	Port Byron	253
Riverdale Senior High School	Port Byron	317
Rock Island Academy	Rock Island	509
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	Rock Island	481
Rock Island High School	Rock Island	1,707
Rockridge High School	Taylor Ridge	368
Rockridge Junior High School	Taylor Ridge	226
Roosevelt Elementary School	Moline	428
Sherrard Elementary School	Sherrard	236
Sherrard High School	Sherrard	424
Sherrard Junior High School	Sherrard	226
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	Taylor Ridge	155
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Milan	311
United Township High School	East Moline	1,743
Washington Junior High School	Rock Island	498
Wells Elementary School	East Moline	410
Willard Elementary School	Moline	186
Winola Elementary School	Viola	272
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Moline	803