McHenry Times

Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 welcomed 1,682 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.2% increase over the previous school year.

Johnsburg High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 553 students.

Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12 roughly covers schools within McHenry County and has a main office in Johnsburg.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 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 many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Johnsburg Junior High School	336	-4.3%
Ringwood School Primary Center	427	5.7%
Johnsburg Elementary School	366	8.9%
Johnsburg High School	553	-3.2%