Illinois Valley Times

La Salle County schools welcomed 14,437 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.1% over the previous school year.

La Salle County had the 20th highest 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 72.4% of its student body.

Within La Salle County, Ottawa Township High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,256 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
Blackstone Elementary School	Mendota	204
Centennial Elementary School	Streator	454
Central Intermediate School	Ottawa	374
Deer Park C.C. Elementary School	Ottawa	63
Dimmick Community Consolidated School District 175	LaSalle	150
Earlville Elementary School	Earlville	230
Earlville Junior/Senior High School	Earlville	119
Grand Ridge School	Grand Ridge	186
Harding Grade School	Earlville	120
Jefferson Elementary School	Ottawa	249
Kimes Elementary School	Streator	405
La Salle-Peru Township High School	LaSalle	1,213
Leland Elementary School	Leland	177
Leland High School	Leland	62
Lincoln Elementary School	Mendota	317
Lincoln Elementary School	Ottawa	410
Lincoln Elementary School	Oglesby	317
Lincoln Junior High School	LaSalle	263
Lostant Elementary School	Lostant	63
Marseilles Elementary School	Marseilles	517
McKinley Elementary School	Ottawa	338
Mendota Township High School	Mendota	503
Milton Pope Elementary School	Marseilles	168
Northbrook School	Mendota	492
Northlawn Junior High School	Streator	618
Northview Elementary School	Peru	588
Northwest Elementary School	LaSalle	622
Ottawa Township High School	Ottawa	1,256
Parkside Middle School	Peru	349
Ransom Grade School	Ransom	92
Rutland Elementary School	Ottawa	72
Seneca Elementary School South Campus	Seneca	178
Seneca Grade School North Campus	Seneca	288
Seneca High School	Seneca	383
Serena High School	Serena	177
Serena Middle School	Serena	197
Shepherd Middle School	Ottawa	377
Sheridan Elementary School	Sheridan	144
Streator Township High School	Streator	816
Tonica Grade School	Tonica	131
Wallace Elementary School	Ottawa	418
Waltham Elementary School	Utica	205
Washington Elementary School	Oglesby	132