Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 welcomed 4,462 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This represents a 2.6% decrease from the previous school year.
Glenwood High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 1,446 students.
Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Chatham.
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.
| School | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Ball Elementary School | 549 | -8% |
| Chatham Elementary School | 497 | 2.3% |
| Glenwood Elementary School | 573 | -5.6% |
| Glenwood Intermediate School | 670 | -1.6% |
| Glenwood High School | 1,446 | 0.9% |
| Glenwood Middle School | 727 | -6.2% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
