Illinois Valley Times

Bureau County schools welcomed 4,514 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.5% from the previous school year, when there were 4,538 students enrolled in the county.

Bureau County had the 42nd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 75.6% of its student body.

Within Bureau County, John F. Kennedy Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 619 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Allen Grade School	La Moille	87
Bureau Valley Elementary and Junior High School	Manlius	313
Bureau Valley Elementary Wyanet Campus	Wyanet	130
Bureau Valley High School	Manlius	293
Bureau Valley North School	Walnut	169
Dalzell Grade School	Dalzell	45
DePue Elementary School	De Pue	223
DePue High School	De Pue	98
Douglas Elementary School	Princeton	224
Hall High School	Spring Valley	407
Jefferson Elementary School	Princeton	206
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Spring Valley	619
La Moille Junior/Senior High School	La Moille	84
Ladd Community Consolidated School	Ladd	191
Lincoln Elementary School	Princeton	216
Logan Junior High School	Princeton	406
Malden Grade School	Malden	91
Neponset Grade School	Neponset	134
Ohio Community Consolidated Grade School	Ohio	73
Ohio Community High School	Ohio	26
Princeton High School	Princeton	479