Sangamon Sun

Macon County schools welcomed 15,119 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 1.2% over the previous school year.

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

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.5% boys, and 48.5% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Macon County students was white, making up about 57.5% of all the students.

Within Macon County, MacArthur High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,137 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
American Dreamer STEM Academy	Decatur	401
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School	Oreana	460
Argenta-Oreana High School	Argenta	246
Argenta-Oreana Middle School	Argenta	217
Dennis Elementary School	Decatur	532
Eisenhower High School	Decatur	994
Franklin Grove Elementary School	Decatur	461
Hope Academy	Decatur	564
Johns Hill Magnet School	Decatur	575
MacArthur High School	Decatur	1,137
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School	Forsyth	555
Maroa-Forsyth Middle School	Maroa	264
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School	Maroa	335
McGaughey Elementary School	Mount Zion	383
Meridian Elementary School	Blue Mound	433
Meridian High School	Macon	295
Meridian Middle School	Macon	206
Michael E. Baum Elementary School	Decatur	334
Montessori Academy for Peace	Decatur	689
Mt. Zion Elementary School	Mount Zion	345
Mt. Zion High School	Mount Zion	719
Mt. Zion Intermediate School	Mount Zion	527
Mt. Zion Junior High School	Mount Zion	401
Muffley Elementary School	Decatur	396
Parsons Accelerated School	Decatur	501
Pershing Early Learning Center	Decatur	414
Robertson Charter School	Decatur	348
Sangamon Valley High School	Niantic	198
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	Illiopolis	134
Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis	160
Sangamon Valley Primary School	Harristown	152
South Shores Elementary School	Decatur	301
Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur	490
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School	Warrensburg	404
Warrensburg-Latham High School	Warrensburg	309
Warrensburg-Latham Middle School	Warrensburg	239