Dupage Policy Journal

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 welcomed 15,935 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 0.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Naperville North High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,478 students.

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 roughly covers schools within DuPage and Will Counties and has a main office in Naperville.

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 (%)
Jefferson Junior High School	837	4.4%
River Woods Elementary School	469	0%
Steeple Run Elementary School	635	-0.2%
Mill Street Elementary School	601	0.5%
Meadow Glens Elementary School	492	-4.1%
Lincoln Junior High School	787	3.4%
Washington Junior High School	558	1.6%
Kingsley Elementary School	410	-1.9%
Ranch View Elementary School	587	5.6%
Kennedy Junior High School	911	-2.5%
Naper Elementary School	235	-3.7%
Ellsworth Elementary School	226	-0.9%
Highlands Elementary School	516	2.6%
Naperville North High School	2,478	-1.9%
Scott Elementary School	428	-2.7%
Naperville Central High School	2,477	-1.4%
Maplebrook Elementary School	543	-2.2%
Madison Junior High School	565	2.2%
Elmwood Elementary School	718	2.3%
Prairie Elementary School	499	-0.4%
Beebe Elementary School	628	3.5%