Grundy Reporter

Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 had the highest enrollment among Grundy County districts, welcoming 4,462 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.4% of them were boys, and 49.6% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 66.9% of the Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201's total enrollment.

Among the 12 districts in Grundy County, Minooka Community High School District 111 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,783 students, while Coal City Community Unit School District 1 welcomed 2,056 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 roughly covers schools within Grundy County with its main office in Minooka.

In the previous school year, Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 also had the highest number of students among Grundy County districts.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201	Minooka	4,462
Minooka Community High School District 111	Channahon	2,783
Coal City Community Unit School District 1	Coal City	2,056
Morris School District 54	Morris	1,076
Morris Community High School District 101	Morris	843
Saratoga Community Consolidated School District 60C	Morris	782
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School District 2C	Mazon	297
Gardner-South Wilmington Township High School District 73	Gardner	168
Gardner Community Consolidated School District 72C	Gardner	155
Braceville School District 75	Braceville	109
Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School District 24C	Morris	84
South Wilmington Community Consolidated School District 74	South Wilmington	79