Kendall County Times

Oswego High School had the highest enrollment among Kendall County schools, welcoming 2,856 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 53.7% of the student body at Oswego High School.

Among the 39 schools in Kendall County, Oswego East High School ranked second in enrollment with 2,838 students, while Yorkville High School welcomed 2,033 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Oswego High School is a part of Oswego Community Unit School District 308, which generally encompasses schools within Kendall County with its main office in Oswego.

In the previous school year, Oswego High School had the highest number of students among Kendall County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 many years, reflecting 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 5 years.

School name	City	Total Enrolment
Oswego High School	Oswego	2,856
Oswego East High School	Oswego	2,838
Yorkville High School	Yorkville	2,033
Yorkville Middle School	Yorkville	1,035
Traughber Junior High School	Oswego	1,024
Thompson Junior High School	Oswego	825
Plano High School	Plano	797
Murphy Junior High School	Plainfield	777
Plank Junior High School	Oswego	748
Yorkville Intermediate School	Yorkville	690
Autumn Creek Elementary School	Yorkville	688
Boulder Hill Elementary School	Montgomery	643
Hunt Club Elementary School	Oswego	637
Lakewood Creek Elementary School	Montgomery	596
Fox Chase Elementary School	Oswego	591
Bristol Bay Elementary School	Yorkville	589
Bednarcik Junior High School	Aurora	577
Grande Reserve Elementary School	Yorkville	577
Southbury Elementary School	Oswego	572
Grande Park Elementary School	Plainfield	565
Circle Center Grade School	Yorkville	548
The Wheatlands Elementary School	Aurora	521
Homestead Elementary School	Aurora	496
Emily G. Johns School	Plano	495
Old Post Elementary School	Oswego	461
Churchill Elementary School	Oswego	459
P.H. Miller Elementary School	Plano	439
Long Beach Elementary School	Montgomery	420
Prairie Point Elementary School	Oswego	420
Wolf's Crossing Elementary School	Aurora	410
Brokaw Early Learning Center	Oswego	398
Plano Middle School	Plano	331
Centennial Elementary School	Plano	289
Yorkville Grade School	Yorkville	229
Bristol Grade School	Bristol	207
Newark Community High School	Newark	165
Millbrook Junior High School	Newark	121
Lisbon Grade School	Newark	106
Newark Elementary School	Newark	105