Lostant Community Unit School District 425 enrollment in 2021-22 school year

Chief Education Officer Jason Helfer (2023) | Illinois State Board of education

By Illinois Valley Times

Sep 23, 2023

Lostant Community Unit School District 425 welcomed 63 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is an 18.9% increase over the previous school year.

Lostant Elementary School is the only school in the district with 63 students.

Lostant Community Unit School District 425 roughly covers schools within LaSalle County and has a main office in Lostant.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Enrollment in Lostant Community Unit School District 425 Over the Years