Peoria Standard

Woodford County schools welcomed 6,084 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.2% from the previous school year, when there were 6,098 students enrolled in the county.

Woodford County had the 32nd highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.6% identified as male, and 48.4% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 90.2% of its student body.

Within Woodford County, Metamora High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 899 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
Centennial School	El Paso	169
Congerville Elementary School	Congerville	88
Davenport Elementary School	Eureka	416
El Paso-Gridley High School	El Paso	336
Eureka High School	Eureka	473
Eureka Middle School	Eureka	456
Fieldcrest High School	Minonk	274
Fieldcrest Primary School	Minonk	198
Germantown Hills Elementary School	Germantown Hills	456
Germantown Hills Middle School	Germantown Hills	369
Goodfield Elementary School	Goodfield	69
Jefferson Park School	El Paso	258
Lowpoint-Washburn Junior Senior High School	Washburn	154
Metamora Grade School	Metamora	835
Metamora High School	Metamora	899
Riverview Elementary School	East Peoria	206
Roanoke-Benson High School	Roanoke	137
Roanoke-Benson Junior High School	Benson	136
Sowers Elementary School	Roanoke	155