Peoria Standard

Mason County schools welcomed 2,406 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.5% from the previous school year.

Mason County had the 38th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.7% boys, and 49.3% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 95.1% of its student body.

Within Mason County, Midwest Central Primary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 435 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
Havana High School	Havana	274
Havana Junior High School	Havana	315
Illini Central Grade School	Mason City	268
Illini Central High School	Mason City	183
Illini Central Middle School	Mason City	150
Midwest Central High School	Manito	277
Midwest Central Middle School	Green Valley	170
Midwest Central Primary School	Manito	435
New Central Elementary School	Havana	271
West Campus Facility	Mason City	63