Peoria Standard

Mason County schools welcomed 2,098 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 3.5% from the previous school year, when there were 2,173 students enrolled in the county.

Mason County had the 27th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.2% identified as female, and 49.8% as male.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.6% of its student body.

Within Mason County, Midwest Central Primary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 425 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	275
Havana Junior High School	Havana	310
Illini Central Grade School	Mason City	248
Illini Central High School	Mason City	182
Illini Central Middle School	Mason City	141
Midwest Central High School	Manito	248
Midwest Central Primary School	Manito	425
New Central Elementary School	Havana	269