McLean County Times

McLean County schools welcomed 22,623 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.9% from the previous school year, when there were 23,309 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.6% identified as male, and 49.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 62.4% of its student body.

Within McLean County, Normal Community High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 2,064 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Benjamin Elementary School	Bloomington	604
Bent Elementary School	Bloomington	366
Bloomington High School	Bloomington	1,288
Bloomington Junior High School	Bloomington	987
Carlock Elementary School	Carlock	104
Cedar Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	488
Chiddix Junior High School	Normal	643
Colene Hoose Elementary School	Normal	473
El Paso-Gridley Junior High School	Gridley	386
Eugene Field School	Normal	43
Evans Junior High School	Bloomington	743
Fairview Elementary School	Normal	255
Fox Creek Elementary School	Bloomington	262
Glenn Elementary School	Normal	228
Grove Elementary School	Normal	489
Heyworth Elementary School	Heyworth	464
Heyworth Junior-Senior High School	Heyworth	395
Hudson Elementary School	Hudson	223
Irving Elementary School	Bloomington	303
Kingsley Junior High School	Normal	685
Leroy Elementary School	Le Roy	411
Leroy High School	Le Roy	234
Leroy Junior High School	Le Roy	109
Lexington Elementary School	Lexington	213
Lexington High School	Lexington	155
Lexington Junior High School	Lexington	110
Normal Community High School	Normal	2,064
Normal Community West High School	Normal	1,589
Northpoint Elementary School	Bloomington	488
Oakdale Elementary School	Normal	375
Oakland Elementary School	Bloomington	417
Olympia High School	Stanford	487
Olympia North Elementary School	Danvers	287
Parkside Elementary School	Normal	298
Parkside Junior High School	Normal	579
Pepper Ridge Elementary School	Bloomington	314
Prairie Central Primary West School	Chenoa	245
Prairieland Elementary School	Normal	477
Ridgeview Elementary School	Colfax	245
Ridgeview High School	Colfax	167
Ridgeview Junior High School	Colfax	117
Sheridan Elementary School	Bloomington	341
Stevenson Elementary School	Bloomington	345
Sugar Creek Elementary School	Normal	399
Thomas Metcalf School	Normal	462
Towanda Elementary School	Towanda	190
Tri-Valley Elementary School	Downs	309
Tri-Valley High School	Downs	306
Tri-Valley Middle School	Downs	456
University High School	Normal	630
Washington Elementary School	Bloomington	351
YBMC Charter School	Normal	24