DeKalb Times

Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 welcomed 1,531 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 2.7% increase over the previous school year.

Genoa-Kingston High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 504 students.

Genoa-Kingston Community Unit School District 424 roughly covers schools within DeKalb County and has a main office in Genoa.

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 (%)
Genoa Elementary School	338	3%
Genoa-Kingston High School	504	-0.8%
Kingston Elementary School	338	1.8%
Genoa-Kingston Middle School	351	8.7%