Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4

Hazel Crest, IL had the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4 of 225 cities in 2022, at 100%. Schiller Park, IL had the lowest, at 9.3%. The median was 52.3% and the figure for Illinois was 51.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest100Hazel Crest, IL

Lowest9.3Schiller Park, IL

Median52.3225 cities

Illinois51.9History

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Hazel Crest, IL	100	0 pts
2	Winnetka, IL	95.9	+3.9 pts
3	Deerfield, IL	92.6	+6.4 pts
4	River Forest, IL	91.4	+5.5 pts
5	La Grange Park, IL	89.9	+1.6 pts
6	Troy, IL	85.8	-2.7 pts
7	Vernon Hills, IL	84.9	+4.6 pts
8	Libertyville, IL	83.1	-3.4 pts
9	Matteson, IL	83	+18.4 pts
10	Shiloh, IL	81.2	+0.7 pts
11	Canton, IL	81	+12.9 pts
12	Macomb, IL	80.5	+34.5 pts
13	Hinsdale, IL	78.8	+2.5 pts
14	Palos Heights, IL	78.3	+7.2 pts
15	Frankfort, IL	77.2	-0.5 pts
16	Roselle, IL	76.9	+13.4 pts
17	Wilmette, IL	76.7	+5.2 pts
18	Country Club Hills, IL	76.2	+5.7 pts
19	Godfrey, IL	74.8	+3.4 pts
20	Calumet City, IL	74.7	+21.6 pts
21	Edwardsville, IL	73.3	-2.5 pts
22	Taylorville, IL	72.9	-4.6 pts
23	Northlake, IL	72.8	+19.1 pts
24	La Grange, IL	72.4	+1.5 pts
25	Centralia, IL	72.3	+0.1 pts
26	Wood River, IL	71.7	+5.3 pts
27	Lake Zurich, IL	71.6	+1.8 pts
28	Shorewood, IL	71.2	-2.8 pts
29	Lake Forest, IL	71	+19.3 pts
30	Barrington, IL	70.7	-4.5 pts
31	Western Springs, IL	69.6	-3.6 pts
32	Kewanee, IL	69.5	+0.8 pts
33	New Lenox, IL	69.4	-0.2 pts
34	Arlington Heights, IL	69.3	+0.7 pts
35	Oak Park, IL	68.8	+2.5 pts
36	Northbrook, IL	68.4	-6.7 pts
37	Skokie, IL	67.6	+7.9 pts
38	Ottawa, IL	67.5	+2.6 pts
39	Swansea, IL	66.2	+4.5 pts
40	Wheaton, IL	66.1	-3.8 pts
41	Glen Carbon, IL	65.8	+15.8 pts
42	North Aurora, IL	65.7	+7.1 pts
43	Woodstock, IL	65.6	-1.2 pts
44	Naperville, IL	65.4	-1 pts
45	Lombard, IL	64.9	-8.1 pts
46	Algonquin, IL	64.5	+13.1 pts
47	Darien, IL	64.4	-2.1 pts
48	Washington, IL	63.8	+6.5 pts
49	Machesney Park, IL	63.7	+14.5 pts
50	Midlothian, IL	63.1	-0.1 pts
51	Urbana, IL	62.8	-9.3 pts
52	Buffalo Grove, IL	62.7	0 pts
53	Cary, IL	62.6	-6.9 pts
54	Streator, IL	62.4	+12.8 pts
55	West Chicago, IL	62	+4 pts
56	Palatine, IL	62	+6.3 pts
57	Winfield, IL	61.9	-12.7 pts
58	Morris, IL	61.8	-9 pts
59	Bridgeview, IL	61.7	+13 pts
60	Alton, IL	61.6	-0 pts
61	Elmhurst, IL	61.5	+0.3 pts
62	Bourbonnais, IL	61.5	+29.7 pts
63	Norridge, IL	61.3	+15.3 pts
64	Orland Park, IL	61.3	+5 pts
65	Westmont, IL	60.9	+0.6 pts
66	Normal, IL	60.8	+3.6 pts
67	Des Plaines, IL	60.5	+2.3 pts
68	Cahokia Heights, IL	60.4	n/a
69	Collinsville, IL	60.4	-7.9 pts
70	Mahomet, IL	60.3	-7.6 pts
71	Lisle, IL	60.1	-7.3 pts
72	Brookfield, IL	59.9	-9.3 pts
73	St. Charles, IL	59.8	-12.6 pts
74	Bloomingdale, IL	59.4	+3.8 pts
75	Mattoon, IL	59.2	+0.6 pts
76	Summit, IL	59.2	-2.8 pts
77	Highland Park, IL	59.1	+2.7 pts
78	Lincoln, IL	59	-5.5 pts
79	Kankakee, IL	59	+3 pts
80	Oak Lawn, IL	58.8	-5.6 pts
81	Pingree Grove, IL	58.7	+8.5 pts
82	Charleston, IL	58.7	+5.2 pts
83	Herrin, IL	58.6	+25.6 pts
84	South Holland, IL	58.4	-2 pts
85	Bradley, IL	58.1	+12.8 pts
86	Park Ridge, IL	57.9	-1.2 pts
87	Plainfield, IL	57.7	+2.8 pts
88	Burr Ridge, IL	57.7	+15.9 pts
89	Carbondale, IL	57.4	-4.2 pts
90	Evanston, IL	57.1	+0.5 pts
91	Pontiac, IL	56.9	+1.8 pts
92	Mount Vernon, IL	56.6	-1.7 pts
93	Freeport, IL	56.3	-0.6 pts
94	Prospect Heights, IL	55.9	+1.5 pts
95	Lansing, IL	55.8	-0.1 pts
96	Westchester, IL	55.5	+3.7 pts
97	Hoffman Estates, IL	55.2	+5.6 pts
98	Granite City, IL	55.1	+12.1 pts
99	Lemont, IL	55.1	+4.9 pts
100	Wauconda, IL	54.8	+4.2 pts
101	Chatham, IL	54.6	-5.2 pts
102	Sterling, IL	54.6	+2.3 pts
103	Mokena, IL	54.5	-5.4 pts
104	Glenview, IL	54.2	+4.5 pts
105	Woodridge, IL	53.9	+2.8 pts
106	Springfield, IL	53.9	-7 pts
107	Markham, IL	53.8	+1.1 pts
108	Richton Park, IL	53.8	+4.7 pts
109	Chicago, IL	53.3	-0.3 pts
110	Channahon, IL	52.9	+4.4 pts
111	Tinley Park, IL	52.8	-0.3 pts
112	Bloomington, IL	52.4	+1.5 pts
113	Wheeling, IL	52.3	-3.4 pts
114	Downers Grove, IL	52.1	-4.1 pts
114	Elk Grove Village, IL	52.1	-3.3 pts
116	Waterloo, IL	51.8	-3.6 pts
117	Crestwood, IL	51.6	+8.2 pts
118	Galesburg, IL	51.1	-6.1 pts
119	Franklin Park, IL	51	-2 pts
119	Villa Park, IL	51	+1.1 pts
121	O'Fallon, IL	50.2	-8.5 pts
122	Justice, IL	50.1	+13.7 pts
123	Belleville, IL	50.1	-10 pts
124	Effingham, IL	49.7	-0.2 pts
125	Peoria, IL	49.1	+4.7 pts
126	Alsip, IL	48.8	-3.8 pts
127	Niles, IL	48.8	+3.6 pts
128	Highland, IL	48.1	-4.3 pts
129	Glen Ellyn, IL	48	-2.6 pts
130	Berwyn, IL	48	+2.1 pts
131	Decatur, IL	47.8	-12.2 pts
132	Schaumburg, IL	47.8	-3.7 pts
133	Montgomery, IL	47.6	-1.4 pts
134	Moline, IL	47.3	+7.7 pts
135	Rockford, IL	47	+4.3 pts
136	River Grove, IL	46.5	-4.5 pts
137	Riverdale, IL	46.5	+3.3 pts
138	Beach Park, IL	46.3	+6.1 pts
139	Wood Dale, IL	46.2	-3.7 pts
140	Rock Island, IL	45.8	+8.2 pts
141	Mount Prospect, IL	45.8	-8.4 pts
142	Aurora, IL	45.7	-1.3 pts
142	East Peoria, IL	45.7	-9.5 pts
144	Rantoul, IL	45.7	-2.9 pts
145	Warrenville, IL	44.9	+6.1 pts
146	Roscoe, IL	44.9	+2.8 pts
147	Cicero, IL	44.8	+1.3 pts
148	Quincy, IL	44.7	+0.7 pts
149	Addison, IL	44.6	-6.2 pts
150	Pekin, IL	44.5	-8.8 pts
151	Danville, IL	44.4	-5.7 pts
152	Bellwood, IL	44.1	-3.5 pts
153	Mundelein, IL	44.1	+6.6 pts
154	South Elgin, IL	44	-23 pts
155	Minooka, IL	44	-21.4 pts
156	Gurnee, IL	44	+0.2 pts
157	Carol Stream, IL	43.9	+4.8 pts
158	Marion, IL	43.8	+9.7 pts
159	Homer Glen, IL	43.7	-1.2 pts
160	East St. Louis, IL	43.6	+7.1 pts
161	Rolling Meadows, IL	43.6	+0.5 pts
162	Crystal Lake, IL	43.6	-6.8 pts
163	Champaign, IL	43.5	-4.2 pts
164	Elgin, IL	43.4	+2.8 pts
165	Elmwood Park, IL	43	-14 pts
166	Geneva, IL	42.9	-1.4 pts
167	Romeoville, IL	42.4	+7.8 pts
168	Maywood, IL	42.1	+2.7 pts
169	Campton Hills, IL	42	-15.9 pts
170	Chicago Heights, IL	41.9	+9.7 pts
171	Hickory Hills, IL	41.5	-16 pts
172	Lindenhurst, IL	41.5	-7.2 pts
173	Bensenville, IL	41.4	+5.1 pts
174	Round Lake, IL	41.4	+25.7 pts
175	Carpentersville, IL	41.2	-1.7 pts
176	Homewood, IL	40.9	+6.8 pts
177	Grayslake, IL	40.8	-5.5 pts
178	Forest Park, IL	40.7	-21.2 pts
179	Lake in the Hills, IL	40.4	-7.9 pts
180	Antioch, IL	40.2	+1.9 pts
181	Zion, IL	39.9	+12.6 pts
182	Yorkville, IL	39.6	-19.6 pts
183	Plano, IL	39.1	+7.9 pts
184	Morton, IL	39	+4.9 pts
185	Crest Hill, IL	38.9	+3.1 pts
186	Batavia, IL	38.7	+4.3 pts
187	Round Lake Beach, IL	38.5	-9.4 pts
188	Joliet, IL	38.4	-0.7 pts
189	Glendale Heights, IL	38.3	-6.4 pts
190	Loves Park, IL	38.3	+8.8 pts
191	Waukegan, IL	38.2	-3.8 pts
192	DeKalb, IL	37.8	-3.3 pts
193	Burbank, IL	37.8	-3 pts
194	Oak Forest, IL	37.2	+4 pts
195	Jacksonville, IL	37.2	+5.3 pts
196	Palos Hills, IL	37.1	-1.9 pts
197	Bartlett, IL	36.8	+2.3 pts
198	East Moline, IL	36.6	-0.6 pts
199	Lyons, IL	36.3	+22.2 pts
200	Dixon, IL	36.2	+9 pts
201	Melrose Park, IL	35.7	+5.3 pts
202	Fox Lake, IL	35.5	-9.5 pts
203	Oswego, IL	35.4	-14.9 pts
204	Lockport, IL	35.3	-0.9 pts
205	Chicago Ridge, IL	35.1	+9 pts
206	Worth, IL	34.5	-33.2 pts
207	Lincolnwood, IL	34.4	+14.7 pts
208	Huntley, IL	33.1	-16.6 pts
209	Manhattan, IL	32.2	-0.7 pts
210	Bolingbrook, IL	32	-11.1 pts
211	Streamwood, IL	31.7	-1.8 pts
212	Sycamore, IL	31.2	-1 pts
213	Blue Island, IL	30.4	-4.2 pts
214	Hanover Park, IL	29.7	+3.9 pts
215	North Chicago, IL	28	+1.6 pts
216	Columbia, IL	27.4	-6.2 pts
217	Evergreen Park, IL	26.7	-5.5 pts
218	McHenry, IL	26.6	-5.5 pts
219	Dolton, IL	26.6	-14 pts
220	Fairview Heights, IL	26.5	-4.8 pts
221	Harvey, IL	25.9	-12 pts
222	Morton Grove, IL	22.5	-12.2 pts
223	Park Forest, IL	17.3	-2.1 pts
224	Belvidere, IL	16.2	+3.8 pts
225	Schiller Park, IL	9.3	-0.7 pts

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About this ranking

Children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school, including nursery school and preschool, at any time in the three months before the interview, as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Reported by households, so it includes private nursery schools. Small counties have only a few dozen children in the sample, and their rates can swing widely between periods.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/illinois-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/illinois-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/illinois-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Illinois by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/illinois-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4?

Hazel Crest, IL, with 100% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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