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Fastest-growing Illinois public schools, 2017-2024

Illinois public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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ILLINOIS · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
751	Washington-Monroe Elementary School	Lincoln	Lincoln ESD 27	217	224	3.2%
752	East Dubuque Elementary School	East Dubuque	East Dubuque USD 119	348	359	3.2%
753	Campanelli Elementary School	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	538	555	3.2%
754	Young Magnet High School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	2,157	2,223	3.1%
755	Raymond Benson Primary School	Itasca	Itasca SD 10	323	333	3.1%
756	North Boone Middle School	Poplar Grove	North Boone CUSD 200	226	233	3.1%
757	Arbor Elementary School	Oak Forest	Arbor Park SD 145	225	232	3.1%
758	Komarek Elementary School	North Riverside	Komarek SD 94	553	570	3.1%
759	Oak Forest High School	Oak Forest	Bremen CHSD 228	1,290	1,329	3.0%
760	Riverside Brookfield Twp High School	Riverside	Riverside-Brookfield Twp SD 208	1,615	1,663	3.0%
761	Reservoir Gifted School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	299	308	3.0%
762	Rolling Meadows High School	Rolling Meadows	Township HSD 214	1,899	1,956	3.0%
763	East High School	Aurora	Aurora East USD 131	3,904	4,020	3.0%
764	Kreitner Elementary School	Collinsville	Collinsville CUSD 10	367	378	3.0%
765	Hickory Bend Elementary School	Glenwood	Brookwood SD 167	269	277	3.0%
766	Lake Zurich Middle - S Campus	Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich CUSD 95	582	599	2.9%
767	Orland Park Elementary School	Orland Park	Orland SD 135	375	386	2.9%
768	Ridgeview Elementary School	Peoria	Dunlap CUSD 323	421	433	2.9%
769	Lake View High School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,391	1,431	2.9%
770	Evanston Twp High School	Evanston	Evanston Twp HSD 202	3,459	3,560	2.9%
771	Salem Community High School	Salem	Salem CHSD 600	686	706	2.9%
772	Michael Collins Elementary School	Schaumburg	Schaumburg CCSD 54	767	789	2.9%
773	New Berlin High School	New Berlin	New Berlin CUSD 16	249	256	2.8%
774	Westview Elementary School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	422	434	2.8%
775	Hillcrest Elementary School	Elgin	SD U-46	495	509	2.8%
776	Calhoun Elementary/ Jr High School	Hardin	Calhoun CUSD 40	327	336	2.8%
777	Roosevelt High School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	1,113	1,144	2.8%
778	Dunlap Grade School	Dunlap	Dunlap CUSD 323	246	253	2.8%
779	Herscher High School	Herscher	Herscher CUSD 2	527	542	2.8%
780	Steeple Run Elementary School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	605	622	2.8%
781	North Elementary School	Villa Park	SD 45 DuPage County	422	434	2.8%
782	Woodview School	Grayslake	Grayslake CCSD 46	438	450	2.7%
783	Proviso East High School	Maywood	Proviso Twp HSD 209	1,620	1,663	2.7%
784	Hedding Grade School	Abingdon	Abingdon-Avon CUSD 276	366	376	2.7%
785	Sullivan Elementary School	Sullivan	Sullivan CUSD 300	550	565	2.7%
786	Central School	Glencoe	Glencoe SD 35	546	561	2.7%
787	Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Joliet	Plainfield SD 202	629	646	2.7%
788	Lions Park Elementary School	Mt Prospect	Mount Prospect SD 57	446	458	2.7%
789	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	717	736	2.6%
790	Franklin Middle School	Champaign	Champaign CUSD 4	648	665	2.6%
791	Blackhawk Elementary School	Freeport	Freeport SD 145	352	361	2.6%
792	Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	Pleasant Plains CUSD 8	383	393	2.6%
793	Simmons Middle School	Oak Lawn	Ridgeland SD 122	707	725	2.5%
794	Parkside Elementary School	Normal	McLean County USD 5	314	322	2.5%
795	Waterloo Junior High School	Waterloo	Waterloo CUSD 5	598	613	2.5%
796	Shiloh Middle School	Shiloh	Shiloh Village SD 85	323	331	2.5%
797	Manor Hill Elementary School	Lombard	Lombard SD 44	278	285	2.5%
798	Belleville High School-West	Belleville	Belleville Twp HSD 201	2,066	2,118	2.5%
799	Northbrook Junior High School	Northbrook	Northbrook SD 28	606	621	2.5%
800	Peterson Elementary School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	891	913	2.5%

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