Dupage Policy Journal

Indian Prairie School District 204 had the highest enrollment among DuPage County districts, welcoming 25,632 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.9% of them were boys, and 49.1% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Indian Prairie School District 204 students was Asian, accounting for 36.2% of the student population.

Among the 42 districts in DuPage County, Naperville Community Unit School District 203 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 16,064 students, while Community Unit School District 200 welcomed 11,550 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Indian Prairie School District 204 roughly covers schools within DuPage County with its main office in Aurora.

In the previous school year, Indian Prairie School District 204 also had the highest number of students among DuPage County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Indian Prairie School District 204	Aurora	25,632
Naperville Community Unit School District 203	Naperville	16,064
Community Unit School District 200	Wheaton	11,550
Elmhurst School District 205	Elmhurst	8,164
Glenbard Township High School District 87	Glen Ellyn	7,788
Community High School District 99	Downers Grove	4,808
Downers Grove Grade School District 58	Downers Grove	4,802
Hinsdale Township High School District 86	Hinsdale	3,898
DuPage High School District 88	Addison	3,776
Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181	Clarendon Hills	3,662
Addison School District 4	Addison	3,561
Glen Ellyn School District 41	Glen Ellyn	3,477
West Chicago Elementary School District 33	West Chicago	3,468
Community Consolidated School District 93	Bloomingdale	3,249
Villa Park School District 45	Villa Park	3,115
Lombard School District 44	Lombard	2,927
Woodridge School District 68	Woodridge	2,739
Lake Park Community High School District 108	Roselle	2,527
Marquardt School District 15	Glendale Heights	2,339
Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89	Glen Ellyn	2,228
Community High School District 94	West Chicago	1,982
Bensenville School District 2	Bensenville	1,976
Queen Bee School District 16	Glendale Heights	1,663
Lisle Community Unit School District 202	Lisle	1,434
Fenton Community High School District 100	Bensenville	1,397
Bloomingdale School District 13	Bloomingdale	1,354
Keeneyville School District 20	Hanover Park	1,325
Maercker School District 60	Westmont	1,307
Westmont Community Unit School District 201	Westmont	1,306
Darien School District 61	Darien	1,277
Center Cass School District 66	Downers Grove	1,084
Itasca School District 10	Itasca	1,000
Gower School District 62	Willowbrook	918
Wood Dale School District 7	Wood Dale	904
Cass School District 63	Darien	791
Roselle School District 12	Roselle	666
Medinah School District 11	Roselle	656
Benjamin School District 25	West Chicago	613
Salt Creek School District 48	Villa Park	485
Butler School District 53	Oak Brook	447
Community Consolidated School District 180	Burr Ridge	445
Winfield School District 34	Winfield	324