Dupage Policy Journal

Glen Ellyn School District 41 welcomed 3,508 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

Hadley Junior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,143 students.

Glen Ellyn School District 41 roughly covers schools within DuPage County and has a main office in Glen Ellyn.

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 (%)
Forest Glen Elementary School	650	3%
Churchill Elementary School	610	-5.6%
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	534	-1.3%
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	571	2.7%
Hadley Junior High School	1,143	3.6%