McLean County Times

Livingston County schools welcomed 5,214 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 1.5% from the previous school year, when there were 5,292 students enrolled in the county.

Livingston County had the 39th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.2% identified as male, and 47.8% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 83.8% of its student body.

Within Livingston County, Pontiac High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 674 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
Central Elementary School	Pontiac	343
Cornell Elementary School	Cornell	89
Dwight Common School	Dwight	543
Dwight High School	Dwight	212
Flanagan Elementary School	Flanagan	185
Flanagan-Cornell High School	Flanagan	110
Graymont Elementary School	Graymont	60
Lincoln Elementary School	Pontiac	211
Odell Grade School	Odell	166
Pontiac High School	Pontiac	674
Pontiac Junior High School	Pontiac	331
Prairie Central Elementary School	Fairbury	319
Prairie Central High School	Fairbury	498
Prairie Central Junior High School	Forrest	227
Prairie Central Primary East School	Chatsworth	142
Prairie Central Upper Elementary School	Forrest	233
Saunemin Elementary School	Saunemin	122
Tri-Point High School	Cullom	116
Washington Elementary School	Pontiac	201
Woodland Elementary/Junior High School	Streator	297
Woodland High School	Streator	135