McLean County Times

Pontiac Township High School District 90 welcomed 678 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.

Pontiac High School is the only school in the district with 678 students.

Pontiac Township High School District 90 roughly covers schools within Livingston County and has a main office in Pontiac.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.