McLean County Times

McLean County Unit School District 5 welcomed 12,308 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Normal Community High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,089 students.

McLean County Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within McLean County and has a main office in Normal.

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.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Prairieland Elementary School	459	0.9%
Chiddix Junior High School	623	-1.3%
Fox Creek Elementary School	268	-1.5%
Towanda Elementary School	183	1.7%
Eugene Field School	51	8.5%
Normal Community West High School	1,565	-1.6%
Glenn Elementary School	224	2.3%
Pepper Ridge Elementary School	329	0.9%
Hudson Elementary School	230	-1.7%
Oakdale Elementary School	369	-5.9%
Parkside Elementary School	291	-6.1%
Evans Junior High School	725	-0.8%
Sugar Creek Elementary School	396	2.9%
Colene Hoose Elementary School	449	11.4%
Carlock Elementary School	113	6.6%
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	423	-3.9%
Kingsley Junior High School	715	-8.1%
YBMC Charter School	28	55.6%
Northpoint Elementary School	485	-0.2%
Fairview Elementary School	289	-4.6%
Normal Community High School	2,089	-0.4%
Benjamin Elementary School	601	4.2%
Grove Elementary School	496	-8.1%
Parkside Junior High School	650	0%