Rock Island Today

There were 1,436 multiracial students enrolled in Rock Island County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that multiracial students made up 6.8% of the 21,011 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 45 schools in Rock Island County, Moline Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 138 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 name	% of Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Moline Senior High School	6.3%	2,198
Rock Island High School	7.8%	1,700
United Township High School	5%	1,825
Glenview Middle School	6.9%	1,089
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	8.5%	850
John Deere Middle School	7.4%	739
Washington Junior High School	10%	521
Rock Island Academy	10.1%	504
George O. Barr School	11.2%	420
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	9.7%	473
Hamilton Elementary School	7.9%	573
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	11.4%	343
Eugene Field Elementary School	8.5%	424
George Washington Elementary School	11.4%	315
Denkmann Elementary School	10.5%	333
Edison Junior High School	8.4%	415
Ridgewood Elementary School	7.8%	411
Logan Elementary School	10.2%	305
Roosevelt Elementary School	7.1%	408
Frances Willard Elementary School	10.6%	264
Longfellow Elementary School	10.8%	241
Ridgewood Elementary School	6.3%	411
Wells Elementary School	7.5%	306
Bowlesburg Elementary School	7.4%	311
Butterworth Elementary School	8.3%	266
Sherrard High School	4.7%	448
Bicentennial Elementary School	6.5%	325
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	6.6%	304
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	6.5%	293
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	4.8%	333
Hillcrest Elementary School	4.9%	324
Riverdale Elementary School	2.8%	507
Hampton Elementary School	6.5%	215
Jane Addams Elementary School	4.7%	295
Riverdale Senior High School	4%	301
Northeast Junior High School	6.3%	192
Willard Elementary School	6.7%	165
Rockridge Junior High School	4%	247
Eagle Ridge School	3.6%	275
Sherrard Junior High School	0%	203
Riverdale Middle School	0%	261
Rockridge High School	0%	318
Illinois City Elementary School	0%	114
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	0%	141
Andalusia Elementary School	0%	240