Sangamon Sun

Sangamon County schools welcomed 26,783 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.9% from the previous school year.

Sangamon County had the 10th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 50.9% boys, and 49.1% girls.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 63.1% of its student body.

Within Sangamon County, Glenwood High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,471 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
Auburn Elementary School	Auburn	303
Auburn High School	Auburn	388
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	Divernon	245
Auburn Middle School	Auburn	224
Ball Elementary School	Chatham	594
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield	712
Black Hawk Elementary School	Springfield	241
Butler Elementary School	Springfield	300
Chatham Elementary School	Chatham	493
Dubois Elementary School	Springfield	376
Early Learning Center	Springfield	419
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	Springfield	239
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	Springfield	268
Enos Elementary School	Springfield	263
Fairview Elementary School	Springfield	258
Farmingdale Elementary School	Pleasant Plains	458
Feitshans Elementary School	Springfield	320
Glenwood Elementary School	Chatham	589
Glenwood High School	Chatham	1,471
Glenwood Intermediate School	Chatham	760
Glenwood Middle School	Chatham	729
Harvard Park Elementary School	Springfield	430
Hazel Dell Elementary School	Springfield	114
Iles Elementary School	Springfield	377
Jane Addams Elementary School	Springfield	259
Jefferson Middle School	Springfield	570
Laketown Elementary School	Springfield	163
Lanphier High School	Springfield	1,143
Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield	301
Lindsay School	Springfield	430
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	Springfield	201
McClernand Elementary School	Springfield	209
New Berlin Elementary School	New Berlin	404
New Berlin High School	New Berlin	252
New Berlin Junior High School	New Berlin	192
Owen Marsh Elementary School	Springfield	262
Pawnee Grade School	Pawnee	323
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	Pawnee	220
Pleasant Plains High School	Pleasant Plains	404
Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	383
Ridgely Elementary School	Springfield	294
Riverton Elementary School	Riverton	504
Riverton High School	Riverton	367
Riverton Middle School	Riverton	365
Rochester Elementary 2-3	Rochester	257
Rochester Elementary Ec-1 School	Rochester	324
Rochester High School	Rochester	750
Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester	424
Rochester Junior High School	Rochester	347
Sandburg Elementary School	Springfield	257
Sherman Elementary School	Sherman	562
Southern View Elementary School	Springfield	156
Springfield Ball Charter School	Springfield	394
Springfield High School	Springfield	1,470
Springfield Southeast High School	Springfield	1,215
Tri-City Elementary School	Buffalo	303
Tri-City High School	Buffalo	166
Tri-City Junior High School	Buffalo	121
U.S. Grant Middle School	Springfield	544
Washington Middle School	Springfield	506
Wilcox Elementary School	Springfield	229
Williamsville High School	Williamsville	468
Williamsville Junior High School	Williamsville	473