McLean County Times

McLean County Unit School District 5 welcomed 12,357 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Normal Community High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 2,064 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 (%)
Sugar Creek Elementary School	399	0.8%
Benjamin Elementary School	604	0.5%
Northpoint Elementary School	488	0.6%
Normal Community High School	2,064	-1.2%
Pepper Ridge Elementary School	314	-4.6%
Grove Elementary School	489	-1.4%
Chiddix Junior High School	643	3.2%
Evans Junior High School	743	2.5%
Fox Creek Elementary School	262	-2.2%
Towanda Elementary School	190	3.8%
Oakdale Elementary School	375	1.6%
Parkside Junior High School	579	-10.9%
Kingsley Junior High School	685	-4.2%
Fairview Elementary School	255	-11.8%
Glenn Elementary School	228	1.8%
Normal Community West High School	1,589	1.5%
YBMC Charter School	24	-14.3%
Eugene Field School	43	-15.7%
Colene Hoose Elementary School	473	5.3%
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	488	15.4%
Parkside Elementary School	298	2.4%
Prairieland Elementary School	477	3.9%
Carlock Elementary School	104	-8%
Hudson Elementary School	223	-3%