Rock Island Today

There were 10,154 white students enrolled in Rock Island County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 48.7% of the 20,850 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 45 schools in Rock Island County County, Moline Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,056 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	48.3	2,186
United Township High School	46.8	1,760
Rock Island High School	38.1	1,715
Riverdale Elementary School	89	502
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	49.5	814
Glenview Middle School	35.8	1,124
Sherrard High School	86.3	444
John Deere Middle School	45.1	754
Rockridge High School	96.4	334
Hamilton Elementary School	51.9	597
Riverdale Senior High School	91.9	309
Bicentennial Elementary School	77.6	303
Riverdale Middle School	88.3	265
Eugene Field Elementary School	50.3	441
Rockridge Junior High School	94.4	233
Andalusia Elementary School	94	233
George O. Barr School	52.5	415
Roosevelt Elementary School	49	410
Sherrard Junior High School	87.6	217
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	60.9	299
Washington Junior High School	37.2	481
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	36.2	473
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	94.4	179
Ridgewood Elementary School	40.5	410
Ridgewood Elementary School	40.5	410
Hampton Elementary School	70.2	235
Eagle Ridge School	51.3	275
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	49.8	281
Denkmann Elementary School	40.8	341
Edison Junior High School	33.9	407
Jane Addams Elementary School	48.9	272
Butterworth Elementary School	49.8	243
Northeast Junior High School	58.5	195
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	31.5	352
George Washington Elementary School	32.9	334
Bowlesburg Elementary School	38.7	282
Logan Elementary School	30.7	293
Hillcrest Elementary School	28.8	306
Wells Elementary School	24.3	288
Illinois City Elementary School	90.6	64
Rock Island Academy	11.2	489
Willard Elementary School	30.7	179
Longfellow Elementary School	23.1	234
Frances Willard Elementary School	14.2	288
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	8.8	295