Sangamon Sun

Mc Lean County schools welcomed 22,844 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of less than 0.1% over the previous school year.

Mc Lean County had the 14th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.8% boys, and 49.2% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 64.4% of its student body.

Within Mc Lean County, Normal Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,098 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Benjamin Elementary School	Bloomington	577
Bent Elementary School	Bloomington	367
Bloomington High School	Bloomington	1,506
Bloomington Junior High School	Bloomington	1,056
Brigham Elementary	Bloomington	222
Carlock Elementary School	Carlock	106
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	440
Chiddix Junior High School	Normal	631
Colene Hoose Elementary School	Normal	403
Eugene Field School	Normal	47
Evans Junior High School	Bloomington	731
Fairview Elementary School	Normal	303
Fox Creek Elementary School	Bloomington	272
Glenn Elementary School	Normal	219
Grove Elementary School	Normal	540
Heyworth Elementary School	Heyworth	497
Heyworth Junior-Senior High School	Heyworth	386
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson	234
Irving Elementary School	Bloomington	348
Kingsley Junior High School	Normal	778
Leroy Elementary School	Le Roy	437
Leroy High School	Le Roy	222
Leroy Junior High School	Le Roy	122
Lexington Elementary School	Lexington	231
Lexington High School	Lexington	148
Lexington Junior High School	Lexington	110
Normal Community High School	Normal	2,098
Normal Community West High School	Normal	1,590
Northpoint Elementary School	Bloomington	486
Oakdale Elementary School	Normal	392
Oakland Elementary School	Bloomington	442
Olympia High School	Stanford	493
Olympia Middle School	Stanford	382
Olympia North Elementary School	Danvers	290
Olympia South Elementary School	Atlanta	312
Olympia West Elementary School	Minier	229
Parkside Elementary School	Normal	310
Parkside Junior High School	Normal	650
Pepper Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	326
Prairieland Elementary School	Normal	455
Ridgeview Elementary School	Colfax	227
Ridgeview High School	Colfax	159
Ridgeview Junior High School	Colfax	145
Sarah A. Raymond School of Early Educational	Bloomington	187
Sheridan Elementary School	Bloomington	374
Stevenson Elementary School	Bloomington	359
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Normal	385
Towanda Elementary School	Towanda	180
Tri-Valley Elementary School	Downs	323
Tri-Valley High School	Downs	298
Tri-Valley Middle School	Downs	458
Washington Elementary School	Bloomington	343
YBMC Charter School	Normal	18