Dupage Policy Journal

Lombard School District 44 welcomed 2,940 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Glenn Westlake Middle School had the largest enrollment in the district with 960 students.

Lombard School District 44 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Lombard.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Park View Elementary School	202	-9.4%
Madison Elementary School	455	-5.4%
William Hammerschmidt Elementary School	381	-2.8%
Pleasant Lane Elementary School	258	5.3%
Glenn Westlake Middle School	960	2.8%
Butterfield Elementary School	267	0%
Manor Hill Elementary School	270	1.5%