Illinois Valley Times

Bureau County schools welcomed 4,538 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1% from the previous school year, when there were 4,582 students enrolled in the county.

Bureau County had the 43rd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.6% identified as male, and 48.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 76.5% of its student body.

Within Bureau County, John F. Kennedy Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 606 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	83
Bureau Valley Elementary and Junior High School	Manlius	289
Bureau Valley Elementary Wyanet Campus	Wyanet	137
Bureau Valley High School	Manlius	313
Bureau Valley North School	Walnut	190
Dalzell Grade School	Dalzell	56
DePue Elementary School	De Pue	225
DePue High School	De Pue	99
Douglas Elementary School	Princeton	218
Hall High School	Spring Valley	398
Jefferson Elementary School	Princeton	206
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Spring Valley	606
La Moille Junior/Senior High School	La Moille	83
Ladd Community Consolidated School	Ladd	201
Lincoln Elementary School	Princeton	216
Logan Junior High School	Princeton	415
Malden Grade School	Malden	95
Neponset Grade School	Neponset	137
Ohio Community Consolidated Grade School	Ohio	74
Ohio Community High School	Ohio	29
Princeton High School	Princeton	468