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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
901	Leggee Elementary School	Huntley	Huntley Comm Sch Dist 158	870	877	0.8%
902	John Deere Middle School	Moline	Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40	764	770	0.8%
903	Broadmoor Junior High School	Pekin	Pekin PSD 108	384	387	0.8%
904	Mitchell Elementary School	Granite City	Granite City CUSD 9	410	413	0.7%
905	Northwest Elem School	Lincoln	Lincoln ESD 27	269	271	0.7%
906	Oakhill Elem School	Streamwood	SD U-46	431	434	0.7%
907	Salt Fork North Elementary School	Catlin	Salt Fork CUSD 512	272	274	0.7%
908	Washington Elem School	Riverdale	Dolton SD 148	280	282	0.7%
909	River Grove Elem School	River Grove	River Grove SD 85-5	717	722	0.7%
910	Sunset Ridge Elem School	Northfield	Sunset Ridge SD 29	272	274	0.7%
911	Talala Elementary School	Park Forest	Crete Monee CUSD 201U	303	305	0.7%
912	John Middleton Elem School	Skokie	Skokie SD 73-5	518	521	0.6%
913	Centennial Elem School	Streator	Streator ESD 44	479	482	0.6%
914	Bremen High School	Midlothian	Bremen CHSD 228	1,405	1,414	0.6%
915	Freeport High School	Freeport	Freeport SD 145	1,158	1,165	0.6%
916	Prairie Crossing Charter School	Grayslake	Prairie Crossing Charter School	431	433	0.5%
917	Bruning Elem School	Wilmington	Wilmington CUSD 209U	221	222	0.5%
918	Hester Jr High School	Franklin Park	Franklin Park SD 84	424	426	0.5%
919	Fry Elementary School	Naperville	Indian Prairie CUSD 204	560	563	0.5%
920	Big Hollow Primary School	Ingleside	Big Hollow SD 38	385	387	0.5%
921	Homer Jr High School	Homer Glen	Homer CCSD 33C	861	865	0.5%
922	Budlong Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	772	776	0.5%
923	Lincoln Elem School	Belvidere	Belvidere CUSD 100	571	573	0.4%
924	Lake Bluff Elem Sch	Lake Bluff	Lake Bluff ESD 65	570	572	0.4%
925	Mohawk Primary Center	Park Forest	Park Forest SD 163	282	283	0.4%
926	Rogers Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	787	790	0.4%
927	Ferson Creek School	Saint Charles	St Charles CUSD 303	531	533	0.4%
928	Summersville Grade School	Mount Vernon	Summersville SD 79	282	283	0.4%
929	Higgins Elem Community Academy	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	270	271	0.4%
930	Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle Sch	Oak Lawn	Oak Lawn-Hometown SD 123	1,086	1,090	0.4%
931	DD Eisenhower High Sch (Campus)	Blue Island	CHSD 218	1,812	1,818	0.3%
932	Union Ridge Elem School	Harwood Heights	Union Ridge SD 86	662	664	0.3%
933	Columbia Central School	Steger	Steger SD 194	644	646	0.3%
934	Onahan Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	655	657	0.3%
935	Walker Elem School	Evanston	Evanston CCSD 65	363	364	0.3%
936	Tuscola High School	Tuscola	Tuscola CUSD 301	298	299	0.3%
937	Fairmount Elem School	Downers Grove	Downers Grove GSD 58	341	342	0.3%
938	Eastland Jr/Sr High School	Lanark	Eastland CUSD 308	297	298	0.3%
939	Highlands Elem School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	509	510	0.2%
940	Hilltop Elem School	McHenry	McHenry CCSD 15	423	424	0.2%
941	Clissold Elem School	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	507	508	0.2%
942	KIPP Chicago Chrtrs - Ascend Acad	Chicago	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	896	897	0.1%
943	Meadow Glens Elementary School	Naperville	Naperville CUSD 203	475	475	0.0%
944	Hawthorn Sch of Dual Language	Vernon Hills	Hawthorn CCSD 73	413	413	0.0%
945	Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond	Arthur	Arthur CUSD 305	310	310	0.0%
946	East Prairie Middle School	Tuscola	Tuscola CUSD 301	271	271	0.0%
947	Memorial Elementary School	Paris	Paris-Union SD 95	293	293	0.0%
948	Chester-East Lincoln Elem School	Lincoln	Chester-East Lincoln CCSD 61	288	288	0.0%
949	Coal City Early Childhood Center	Coal City	Coal City CUSD 1	437	437	0.0%
950	New Athens Elem	New Athens	New Athens CUSD 60	229	229	0.0%

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