Rock Island Today

There were 10,621 white students enrolled in Rock Island County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 1.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 50% of the 21,224 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 47 schools in Rock Island County County, Moline Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,114 students.

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 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.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Moline Senior High School	53	2,100
United Township High School	48.4	1,743
Rock Island High School	40.2	1,707
Riverdale Elementary School	90.1	517
Glenview Middle School	37.9	1,107
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	49.6	803
Sherrard High School	88.7	424
John Deere Middle School	47.1	752
Rockridge High School	95.1	368
Hamilton Elementary School	50.8	600
Riverdale Senior High School	90.5	317
Bicentennial Elementary School	79.7	301
George O. Barr School	54.2	428
Riverdale Middle School	91.3	253
Eugene Field Elementary School	55.8	400
Rockridge Junior High School	97.3	226
Roosevelt Elementary School	51.4	428
Andalusia Elementary School	94.3	229
Sherrard Junior High School	89.4	226
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	59.2	311
Washington Junior High School	36.3	498
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	35.8	481
Ridgewood Elementary School	45.6	377
Ridgewood Elementary School	45.1	377
Hampton Elementary School	75.1	225
Edison Junior High School	38.7	419
Eagle Ridge School	53.4	283
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	94.8	155
Denkmann Elementary School	41.9	346
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	50.9	283
Bowlesburg Elementary School	47.2	303
Jane Addams Elementary School	47.9	288
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	34.7	357
Northeast Junior High School	57.4	209
Butterworth Elementary School	51.5	229
George Washington Elementary School	36.5	323
Wells Elementary School	27.3	410
Hillcrest Elementary School	31.1	322
Logan Elementary School	33.6	277
Jefferson Early Childhood Center	36.5	208
Horace Mann Early Learning Center	42.2	128
Illinois City Elementary School	91.4	58
Longfellow Elementary School	23.6	216
Willard Elementary School	26.9	186
Rock Island Academy	7.5	509
Frances Willard Elementary School	10.4	307
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	6.9	288