Grundy Reporter

Grundy County schools welcomed 14,798 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.3% over the previous school year, when there were 14,608 students enrolled in the county.

Grundy County had the 19th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.8% identified as male, and 49.2% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 72% of its student body.

Within Grundy County, Minooka Community High School and Minooka Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,850 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
Aux Sable Elementary School	Minooka	610
Braceville Elementary School	Braceville	115
Coal City Early Childhood Center	Coal City	416
Coal City Elementary School	Coal City	282
Coal City High School	Coal City	626
Coal City Intermediate School	Coal City	290
Coal City Middle School	Coal City	492
Gardner Elementary School	Gardner	151
Gardner-South Wilmington High School	Gardner	150
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School	Mazon	161
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Middle School	Mazon	140
Minooka Community High School	Minooka	2,850
Minooka Community High School	Minooka	2,850
Minooka Elementary School	Minooka	502
Minooka Intermediate School	Minooka	980
Minooka Junior High School	Minooka	1,048
Minooka Primary Center	Minooka	255
Morris Community High School	Morris	876
Nettle Creek Elementary School	Morris	78
Saratoga Elementary School	Morris	818
Shabbona Middle School	Morris	311
South Wilmington Grade School	South Wilmington	80
White Oak Elementary	Morris	717