Dupage Policy Journal

Will County schools welcomed 102,158 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year.

Will County had the fifth highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51% boys, and 49% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Will County students was white, making up about 47.5% of all the students.

Within Will County, Lockport Township High School East had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 3,778 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in 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. 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 five years.

School	City	Enrollment
A. Vito Martinez Middle School	Romeoville	684
A.O. Marshall Elementary School	Joliet	398
Alex M. Martino Junior High School	New Lenox	588
Anna McDonald Elementary School	Manhattan	546
Arbury Hills Elementary School	Mokena	164
Arnold J. Tyler School	New Lenox	349
Aux Sable Middle School	Joliet	861
Balmoral Elementary School	Crete	404
Beecher Elementary School	Beecher	424
Beecher High School	Beecher	361
Beecher Junior High School	Beecher	237
Bentley Elementary School	New Lenox	370
Bernard J. Ward Elementary School	Bolingbrook	359
Bolingbrook High School	Bolingbrook	3,332
Bonnie McBeth Learning Center	Plainfield	671
Brooks Middle School	Bolingbrook	1,112
Bruning Elementary School	Wilmington	218
Carl Sandburg Elementary School	Joliet	346
Central Elementary School	Plainfield	532
Chaney-Monge School	Crest Hill	436
Channahon Junior High School	Channahon	291
Charles Reed Elementary School	Plainfield	551
Chelsea Elementary School	Frankfort	850
Connor Shaw Center	Peotone	65
Coretta Scott King Magnet School	University Park	265
Creekside Elementary School	Plainfield	501
Crete Elementary School	Crete	380
Crete-Monee Early Childhood Center	Crete	144
Crete-Monee High School	Crete	1,409
Crete-Monee Middle School	University Park	988
Crystal Lawns Elementary School	Joliet	281
Dirksen Junior High School	Joliet	630
Dr. James Mitchem Early Childhood Center	Romeoville	315
Dr. Julian Rogus School	Frankfort	640
Drauden Point Middle School	Plainfield	719
Eagle Pointe Elementary School	Plainfield	606
Edna Keith Elementary School	Joliet	288
Eisenhower Academy	Joliet	225
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School	Plainfield	560
Elwood C.C. School	Elwood	256
Fairmont School	Lockport	327
Farragut Elementary School	Joliet	462
Forest Park Individual Education School	Joliet	283
Frankfort Square Elementary School	Frankfort	183
Freedom Elementary School	Plainfield	543
Gompers Junior High School	Joliet	702
Goodings Grove School	Homer Glen	414
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Joliet	539
Grand Prairie Elementary School	Frankfort	840
Hadley Middle School	Homer Glen	750
Haines Elementary School	New Lenox	346
Heritage Grove Middle School	Plainfield	855
Hickory Creek Middle School	Frankfort	901
Homer Junior High School	Homer Glen	879
Hubert H. Humphrey Middle School	Bolingbrook	621
Hufford Junior High School	Joliet	1,180
Independence Elementary School	Bolingbrook	557
Indian Trail Elementary School	Frankfort	295
Indian Trail Middle School	Plainfield	593
Irene King Elementary School	Romeoville	435
Isaac Singleton Elementary School	Joliet	443
Jamie McGee Elementary School	Bolingbrook	381
Jane Addams Middle School	Bolingbrook	568
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Plainfield	983
John J. Lukancic Middle School	Romeoville	558
John R. Tibbott Elementary School	Bolingbrook	499
Joliet Central High School	Joliet	3,383
Joliet West High School	Joliet	3,379
Jonas E. Salk Elementary School	Bolingbrook	551
Kelvin Grove Junior High School	Lockport	318
Kenneth L. Hermansen Elementary School	Romeoville	423
L.J. Stevens Intermediate School	Wilmington	316
Lakewood Falls Elementary School	Plainfield	504
Laraway Elementary School	Joliet	447
Liberty Elementary School	Bolingbrook	549
Liberty Junior High School	New Lenox	601
Lincoln Elementary School	Plainfield	573
Lincoln Way West	New Lenox	1,926
Lincoln-Way Central High School	New Lenox	1,944
Lincoln-Way East High School	Frankfort	2,716
Lockport Township High School East	Lockport	3,778
Ludwig Elementary School	Lockport	277
Luther J. Schilling School	Homer Glen	695
Lynne Thigpen Elementary School	Joliet	610
M.J. Cunningham Elementary School	Joliet	580
Manhattan Junior High School	Manhattan	538
Marycrest Early Childhood Center	Joliet	384
Meadow View Elementary School	Plainfield	522
Milne Grove Elementary School	Lockport	228
Mokena Elementary School	Mokena	701
Mokena Intermediate School	Mokena	321
Mokena Junior High School	Mokena	529
Monee Elementary School	Monee	402
N.B. Galloway Elementary School	Channahon	378
Nelson Prairie School	New Lenox	411
Nelson Ridge School	New Lenox	484
Oak Prairie Junior High School	Homer Glen	486
Oak View Elementary School	Bolingbrook	562
Orenic Intermediate School	Plainfield	856
Oster-Oakview School	New Lenox	373
Peotone Elementary School	Peotone	280
Peotone High School	Peotone	462
Peotone Intermediate Center	Frankfort	179
Peotone Junior High School	Peotone	295
Pershing Elementary School	Joliet	489
Pioneer Elementary School	Bolingbrook	466
Pioneer Path School	Channahon	246
Plainfield East High School	Plainfield	1,982
Plainfield High School	Plainfield	2,047
Plainfield North High School	Plainfield	2,394
Plainfield South High School	Plainfield	2,367
Reed Elementary School	Homer Glen	286
Reed-Custer Elementary School	Braidwood	594
Reed-Custer High School	Braidwood	431
Reed-Custer Middle School	Braidwood	273
Richard Ira Jones Middle School	Plainfield	859
Richland Elementary School	Crest Hill	844
Ridge Elementary School	Plainfield	522
River View Elementary School	Plainfield	604
Robert C. Hill Elementary School	Romeoville	616
Rockdale Elementary School	Rockdale	214
Romeoville High School	Romeoville	1,905
Sator Sanchez Elementary School	Joliet	714
Skoff Elementary School	Romeoville	711
Spencer Crossing Intermediate School	New Lenox	431
Spencer Pointe School	New Lenox	494
Spencer Trail School	New Lenox	431
Summit Hill Junior High School	Frankfort	656
T.E. Culbertson Elementary School	Joliet	224
Taft Elementary School	Joliet	335
Taft Grade School	Lockport	247
Talala Elementary School	Park Forest	282
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Joliet	583
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Joliet	413
Three Rivers School	Channahon	249
Timber Ridge Middle School	Plainfield	838
Troy Craughwell School	Joliet	413
Troy Cronin Elementary School	Shorewood	603
Troy Heritage Trail School	Joliet	397
Troy Hofer Elementary School	Shorewood	408
Troy Middle School	Plainfield	966
Troy Shorewood School	Shorewood	351
Union Elementary School	Joliet	106
Walker Intermediate School	Tinley Park	598
Walker's Grove Elementary School	Plainfield	590
Walsh Elementary School	Lockport	340
Washington Junior High and Academy Program	Joliet	737
Wesmere Elementary School	Plainfield	532
William E. Young School	Homer Glen	431
William J. Butler School	Lockport	471
Wilmington High School	Wilmington	397
Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington	296
Wilson Creek Elementary School	Manhattan	658
Wood View Elementary School	Bolingbrook	360
Woodland Elementary School	Joliet	303