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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
801	Oak Lawn Comm High School	Oak Lawn	Oak Lawn CHSD 229	1,823	1,867	2.4%
802	Edison Middle School	Wheaton	CUSD 200	620	635	2.4%
803	Scott Elementary School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	425	435	2.4%
804	Infinity Math Science & Tech High School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	417	427	2.4%
805	Prairie Elementary School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	503	515	2.4%
806	Meadowdale Elementary School	Carpentersville	CUSD 300	411	421	2.4%
807	South Beloit Sr High School	South Beloit	County of Winnebago SD 320	248	254	2.4%
808	MacArthur Intrntl Spanish Academy	Hoffman Estates	Schaumburg CCSD 54	425	435	2.4%
809	Carl Sandburg Elementary School	Wheaton	CUSD 200	393	402	2.3%
810	Columbia Middle School	Columbia	Columbia CUSD 4	598	612	2.3%
811	Dixon High School	Dixon	Dixon USD 170	743	760	2.3%
812	Suder Montessori Elementary Magnet Schl	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	414	423	2.2%
813	Eisenhower Middle School	Rockford	Rockford SD 205	942	963	2.2%
814	Iuka Comm Cons School	Iuka	Iuka CCSD 7	226	231	2.2%
815	Lakeview Elementary School	Hoffman Estates	Schaumburg CCSD 54	493	504	2.2%
816	Marie Schaefer Elementary School	O Fallon	O Fallon CCSD 90	585	598	2.2%
817	El Paso-Gridley High School	El Paso	El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11	356	364	2.2%
818	Clifford Johnson School	Warrenville	CUSD 200	463	473	2.2%
819	Coretta Scott King Magnet School	University Park	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	287	293	2.1%
820	Brighton North Primary School	Brighton	Southwestern CUSD 9	287	293	2.1%
821	Glenbard East High School	Lombard	Glenbard Twp HSD 87	2,263	2,311	2.1%
822	Davenport Elementary School	Eureka	Eureka CUD 140	421	430	2.1%
823	Robert Frost Elementary School	Mount Prospect	Comm Cons SD 59	352	359	2.0%
824	Braeside Elementary School	Highland Park	North Shore SD 112	255	260	2.0%
825	Northmoor Primary School	Peoria	Peoria SD 150	358	365	2.0%
826	University High School	Normal	ISU Laboratory Schools	612	624	2.0%
827	Monroe Center Grade School	Monroe Center	Meridian CUSD 223	321	327	1.9%
828	Je-Neir Elementary School	Momence	Momence CUSD 1	322	328	1.9%
829	Butterworth Elementary School	Moline	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	268	273	1.9%
830	Noble St Chtr-UIC College Prep	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	939	957	1.9%
831	Northeast Elementary School	Evergreen Park	Evergreen Park ESD 124	323	329	1.9%
832	Gresham Elementary School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	326	332	1.8%
833	Acero Chtr School Netwrk- Victoria	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	551	561	1.8%
834	Chester High School	Chester	Chester CUSD 139	329	335	1.8%
835	Francis Granger Middle School	Aurora	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	993	1,011	1.8%
836	H C Storm Elementary School	Batavia	Batavia USD 101	381	388	1.8%
837	Hoover Wood Elementary School	Batavia	Batavia USD 101	357	363	1.7%
838	Pontiac High School	Pontiac	Pontiac Twp HSD 90	647	658	1.7%
839	Hyde Park Elementary School	Waukegan	Waukegan CUSD 60	290	295	1.7%
840	Oregon Elementary School	Oregon	Oregon CUSD 220	766	779	1.7%
841	Round Lake Senior High School	Round Lake	Round Lake CUSD 116	2,157	2,194	1.7%
842	Joliet Central High School	Joliet	Joliet Twp HSD 204	3,239	3,295	1.7%
843	Sparta Lincoln School	Sparta	Sparta CUSD 140	723	735	1.7%
844	Carterville Intermediate School	Carterville	Carterville CUSD 5	492	500	1.6%
845	Walter R Sundling Middle School	Palatine	Palatine CCSD 15	668	679	1.6%
846	Field Elementary School	Elmhurst	Elmhurst SD 205	426	433	1.6%
847	Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn SD 41	550	559	1.6%
848	Palos South Middle School	Palos Park	Palos CCSD 118	706	717	1.6%
849	Grayslake Central High School	Grayslake	Grayslake CHSD 127	1,353	1,375	1.6%
850	Kenneth E Neubert Elementary School	Algonquin	CUSD 300	438	445	1.6%

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