Rock Island Today

Rock Island County schools welcomed 21,011 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 0.8% over the previous school year, when there were 20,850 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.9% identified as male, and 49.1% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Rock Island County students was white, making up about 47.3% of all the students.

Within Rock Island County, Moline Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,198 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Andalusia Elementary School	Andalusia	240
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	Moline	293
Bicentennial Elementary School	Coal Valley	325
Bowlesburg Elementary School	Silvis	311
Butterworth Elementary School	Moline	266
Denkmann Elementary School	Rock Island	333
Eagle Ridge School	Silvis	275
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	Rock Island	343
Edison Junior High School	Rock Island	415
Eugene Field Elementary School	Rock Island	424
Frances Willard Elementary School	Rock Island	264
George O. Barr School	Silvis	420
George Washington Elementary School	Moline	315
Glenview Middle School	East Moline	1,089
Hamilton Elementary School	Moline	573
Hampton Elementary School	Hampton	215
Hillcrest Elementary School	East Moline	324
Illinois City Elementary School	Illinois City	114
Jane Addams Elementary School	Moline	295
John Deere Middle School	Moline	739
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	Moline	333
Logan Elementary School	Moline	305
Longfellow Elementary School	Rock Island	241
Moline Senior High School	Moline	2,198
Northeast Junior High School	East Moline	192
Ridgewood Elementary School	Rock Island	276
Ridgewood Elementary School	East Moline	411
Riverdale Elementary School	Port Byron	507
Riverdale Middle School	Port Byron	261
Riverdale Senior High School	Port Byron	301
Rock Island Academy	Rock Island	504
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	Rock Island	473
Rock Island High School	Rock Island	1,700
Rockridge High School	Taylor Ridge	318
Rockridge Junior High School	Taylor Ridge	247
Roosevelt Elementary School	Moline	408
Sherrard High School	Sherrard	448
Sherrard Junior High School	Sherrard	203
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	Taylor Ridge	141
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Milan	304
United Township High School	East Moline	1,825
Washington Junior High School	Rock Island	521
Wells Elementary School	East Moline	306
Willard Elementary School	Moline	165
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Moline	850