McHenry Times

Community Unit School District 300 welcomed 20,161 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 0.2% increase over the previous school year.

Dundee-Crown High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,377 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 (%)
Hampshire High School	1,889	0.9%
Kenneth E. Neubert Elementary School	471	0%
Gary D. Wright Elementary School	659	11.9%
Dundee-Crown High School	2,377	-3.8%
Gilberts Elementary School	697	-1.4%
Hampshire Middle School	803	1.8%
Lake In The Hills Elementary School	463	0%
Carpentersville Middle School	1,086	-2.1%
Dundee Highlands Elementary School	339	-5.3%
Cambridge Lakes Charter School	620	-2.4%
Lincoln Prairie Elementary School	471	3.3%
Harry D. Jacobs High School	2,061	-0.9%
Perry Elementary School	227	2.3%
Golfview Elementary School	382	-4.3%
Algonquin Middle School	434	1.4%
Parkview Elementary School	535	37.2%
Westfield Community School	1,321	-1.8%
Eastview Elementary School	422	1.9%
Meadowdale Elementary School	412	-1.4%
Hampshire Elementary School	428	3.1%
Liberty Elementary School	727	-2.7%
Dundee Middle School	1,178	3.7%
Lakewood School	496	-31.5%
Algonquin Lakes Elementary School	379	-4.5%
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School	399	5.8%