Illinois Valley Times

LaSalle County schools welcomed 14,350 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.3% from the previous school year, when there were 14,390 students enrolled in the county.

LaSalle County had the 19th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.3% identified as male, and 48.7% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 70.6% of its student body.

Within LaSalle County, Ottawa Township High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,240 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
Blackstone Elementary School	Mendota	210
Centennial Elementary School	Streator	454
Central Intermediate School	Ottawa	327
Deer Park C.C. Elementary School	Ottawa	35
Dimmick Community Consolidated School District 175	LaSalle	146
Earlville Early Learning Center	Earlville	52
Earlville Elementary School	Earlville	253
Earlville Junior/Senior High School	Earlville	98
Grand Ridge School	Grand Ridge	207
Harding Grade School	Earlville	122
Jefferson Elementary School	Ottawa	271
Kimes Elementary School	Streator	437
La Salle-Peru Township High School	LaSalle	1,167
Leland Elementary School	Leland	163
Leland High School	Leland	77
Lincoln Elementary School	Mendota	317
Lincoln Elementary School	Ottawa	440
Lincoln Elementary School	Oglesby	335
Lincoln Junior High School	LaSalle	254
Lostant Elementary School	Lostant	56
Marseilles Elementary School	Marseilles	508
McKinley Elementary School	Ottawa	360
Mendota Township High School	Mendota	473
Milton Pope Elementary School	Marseilles	189
Northbrook School	Mendota	474
Northlawn Junior High School	Streator	597
Northview Elementary School	Peru	591
Northwest Elementary School	LaSalle	636
Ottawa Township High School	Ottawa	1,240
Parkside Middle School	Peru	353
Ransom Grade School	Ransom	92
Rutland Elementary School	Ottawa	65
Seneca Elementary School South Campus	Seneca	213
Seneca Grade School North Campus	Seneca	272
Seneca High School	Seneca	355
Serena High School	Serena	155
Serena Middle School	Serena	187
Shepherd Middle School	Ottawa	370
Sheridan Elementary School	Sheridan	131
Streator Township High School	Streator	767
Tonica Grade School	Tonica	119
Wallace Elementary School	Ottawa	406
Waltham Elementary School	Utica	254
Washington Elementary School	Oglesby	122