McLean County Times

McLean County schools welcomed 23,309 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.8% from the previous school year, when there were 23,506 students enrolled in the county.

McLean County had the 14th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.8% identified as male, and 49.2% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 64.5% of its student body.

Within McLean County, Normal Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,089 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	601
Bent Elementary School	Bloomington	371
Bloomington High School	Bloomington	1,424
Bloomington Junior High School	Bloomington	996
Carlock Elementary School	Carlock	113
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	423
Chiddix Junior High School	Normal	623
Colene Hoose Elementary School	Normal	449
El Paso-Gridley Junior High School	Gridley	374
Eugene Field School	Normal	51
Evans Junior High School	Bloomington	725
Fairview Elementary School	Normal	289
Fox Creek Elementary School	Bloomington	268
Glenn Elementary School	Normal	224
Grove Elementary School	Normal	496
Heyworth Elementary School	Heyworth	482
Heyworth Junior-Senior High School	Heyworth	398
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson	230
Irving Elementary School	Bloomington	335
Kingsley Junior High School	Normal	715
Leroy Elementary School	Le Roy	433
Leroy High School	Le Roy	219
Leroy Junior High School	Le Roy	128
Lexington Elementary School	Lexington	216
Lexington High School	Lexington	153
Lexington Junior High School	Lexington	112
Normal Community High School	Normal	2,089
Normal Community West High School	Normal	1,565
Northpoint Elementary School	Bloomington	485
Oakdale Elementary School	Normal	369
Oakland Elementary School	Bloomington	456
Olympia High School	Stanford	491
Olympia Middle School	Stanford	382
Olympia North Elementary School	Danvers	288
Parkside Elementary School	Normal	291
Parkside Junior High School	Normal	650
Pepper Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	329
Prairie Central Primary West School	Chenoa	274
Prairieland Elementary School	Normal	459
Ridgeview Elementary School	Colfax	230
Ridgeview High School	Colfax	161
Ridgeview Junior High School	Colfax	134
Sheridan Elementary School	Bloomington	354
Stevenson Elementary School	Bloomington	356
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Normal	396
Thomas Metcalf School	Normal	435
Towanda Elementary School	Towanda	183
Tri-Valley Elementary School	Downs	320
Tri-Valley High School	Downs	302
Tri-Valley Middle School	Downs	462
University High School	Normal	623
Washington Elementary School	Bloomington	349
YBMC Charter School	Normal	28