Rock Island Today

There were 9,943 white students enrolled in Rock Island County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 47.3% of the 21,011 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 45 schools in Rock Island County, Moline Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,012 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Moline Senior High School	46%	2,198
United Township High School	45.5%	1,825
Rock Island High School	37.1%	1,700
Riverdale Elementary School	87%	507
Woodrow Wilson Middle School	46.8%	850
Sherrard High School	87.1%	448
Glenview Middle School	34.8%	1,089
John Deere Middle School	44.4%	739
Rockridge High School	94.7%	318
Hamilton Elementary School	49.9%	573
Riverdale Senior High School	88%	301
Bicentennial Elementary School	76%	325
Riverdale Middle School	90.4%	261
Rockridge Junior High School	93.1%	247
Andalusia Elementary School	93.3%	240
Eugene Field Elementary School	51.2%	424
George O. Barr School	49.5%	420
Roosevelt Elementary School	49%	408
Washington Junior High School	35.3%	521
Sherrard Junior High School	87.7%	203
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	58.2%	304
Rock Island Center for Math and Science	33%	473
Hampton Elementary School	70.7%	215
Ridgewood Elementary School	35.8%	411
Eagle Ridge School	53.5%	275
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	49.8%	293
Jane Addams Elementary School	48.5%	295
Denkmann Elementary School	41.7%	333
Ridgewood Elementary School	33.1%	411
Edison Junior High School	32%	415
Taylor Ridge Elementary School	93.6%	141
Butterworth Elementary School	45.9%	266
Bowlesburg Elementary School	38.9%	311
Earl H. Hanson Elementary School	32.4%	343
Northeast Junior High School	57.3%	192
Illinois City Elementary School	93.9%	114
Logan Elementary School	34.4%	305
George Washington Elementary School	29.5%	315
Wells Elementary School	25.5%	306
Hillcrest Elementary School	23.5%	324
Longfellow Elementary School	23.2%	241
Rock Island Academy	10.5%	504
Willard Elementary School	26.7%	165
Frances Willard Elementary School	14.8%	264
Lincoln-Irving Elementary School	10.8%	333