Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 2,715 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.
Waterloo High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 842 students.
Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Monroe County and has a main office in Waterloo.
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 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers Elementary School | 415 | -3.5% |
| Waterloo Junior High School | 610 | 6.6% |
| Gardner Elementary School | 372 | -2.9% |
| W.J. Zahnow Elementary School | 476 | 2.6% |
| Waterloo High School | 842 | -1.2% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
