Peoria Standard

Mason County schools welcomed 1,769 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 15.7% from the previous school year, when there were 2,098 students enrolled in the county.

Mason County had the 23rd lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.5% identified as male, and 49.5% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 94.2% of its student body.

Within Mason County, Midwest Central Primary School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 416 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
Havana High School	Havana	252
Illini Central Grade School	Mason City	252
Illini Central High School	Mason City	186
Illini Central Middle School	Mason City	150
Midwest Central High School	Manito	240
Midwest Central Primary School	Manito	416
New Central Elementary School	Havana	273