McHenry Times

Community Unit School District 300 welcomed 20,122 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

Dundee-Crown High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,470 students.

Community Unit School District 300 roughly covers schools within Kane and McHenry Counties and has a main office in Algonquin.

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 (%)
Carpentersville Middle School	1,109	-2.2%
Gary D. Wright Elementary School	589	-33.6%
Dundee Middle School	1,136	-0.8%
Gilberts Elementary School	707	0.1%
Parkview Elementary School	390	8%
Hampshire Elementary School	415	-7.6%
Meadowdale Elementary School	418	0.7%
Liberty Elementary School	747	0.4%
Kenneth E. Neubert Elementary School	471	1.9%
Lake In The Hills Elementary School	463	0.4%
Dundee-Crown High School	2,470	-0.8%
Perry Elementary School	222	-22.1%
Cambridge Lakes Charter School	635	-3.6%
Hampshire High School	1,872	-0%
Westfield Community School	1,345	2.8%
Algonquin Middle School	428	-2.9%
Eastview Elementary School	414	3.5%
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School	456	-0.4%
Lakewood School	724	-4.9%
Golfview Elementary School	399	2.3%
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School	377	1.1%
Dundee Highlands Elementary School	358	3.2%
Harry D. Jacobs High School	2,080	3.7%
Hampshire Middle School	789	6.2%
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	397	4.2%