Liberty Intermediate School welcomes 712 students in 2024-25 school year

Liberty Intermediate School welcomed 712 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a 3.5% decrease from the previous school year, when the school enrolled 738 students.

Liberty Intermediate School is located within Bourbonnais School District 53, which roughly covers five schools and has a main office in Bourbonnais.

Among the five schools in the district, Liberty Intermediate School had the largest enrollment at the time.

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.

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.

Information in this story was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.