Illinois Valley Times

Bureau County schools welcomed 4,143 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

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

Bureau County had the 44th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 52% boys, and 48% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 76% of its student body.

Within Bureau County, John F. Kennedy Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 616 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
Allen Grade School	La Moille	79
Bureau Valley Elementary Wyanet Campus	Wyanet	138
Bureau Valley High School	Manlius	313
Bureau Valley North School	Walnut	202
Dalzell Grade School	Dalzell	63
DePue Elementary School	De Pue	231
DePue High School	De Pue	101
Douglas Elementary School	Princeton	208
Hall High School	Spring Valley	378
Jefferson Elementary School	Princeton	224
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Spring Valley	616
La Moille Junior/Senior High School	La Moille	94
Ladd Community Consolidated School	Ladd	179
Lincoln Elementary School	Princeton	198
Logan Junior High School	Princeton	427
Malden Grade School	Malden	94
Ohio Community Consolidated Grade School	Ohio	72
Ohio Community High School	Ohio	27
Princeton High School	Princeton	499