Sangamon Sun

There were 17,045 white students enrolled in Sangamon County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 63.7% of the 26,740 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 66 schools in Sangamon County County, Glenwood High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,124 students.

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 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 5 years.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Glenwood High School	76.2	1,476
Springfield High School	51.5	1,438
Rochester High School	90.5	694
Glenwood Middle School	77.3	757
Glenwood Intermediate School	74.2	718
Sherman Elementary School	93.5	526
Ball Elementary School	79.3	599
Williamsville High School	93.6	486
Williamsville Junior High School	93.6	470
Farmingdale Elementary School	93.1	467
Glenwood Elementary School	70.4	595
Riverton Elementary School	82	505
Lanphier High School	40.4	1,018
New Berlin Elementary School	91.8	437
Rochester Intermediate School	89.6	424
Chatham Elementary School	80.4	470
Springfield Southeast High School	30.5	1,218
Pleasant Plains High School	91.1	393
Pleasant Plains Middle School	93.6	377
Auburn High School	90.8	358
Riverton Middle School	88.7	354
Rochester Elementary Ec-1 School	89.2	351
Riverton High School	89.6	347
Rochester Junior High School	90	339
Cantrall Elementary School	91.7	325
Pawnee Grade School	95.5	312
Tri-City Elementary School	93.5	292
Auburn Elementary School	92.5	294
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	36.5	707
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	93.8	242
New Berlin High School	94.1	239
Rochester Elementary 2-3	87.1	255
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	91.2	238
Cantrall Intermediate School	87.8	213
Auburn Middle School	87.8	213
Washington Middle School	35.4	520
U.S. Grant Middle School	34	518
Iles Elementary School	42.5	391
Springfield Ball Charter School	42.7	384
New Berlin Junior High School	93.5	170
Owen Marsh Elementary School	53.8	290
Lincoln Magnet School	51	298
Tri-City High School	93.2	162
Butler Elementary School	45.5	325
Lindsay School	36	406
Ridgely Elementary School	46.1	308
Jefferson Middle School	26.1	528
Sangamon Valley Middle School	93.2	148
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	95.6	137
Dubois Elementary School	27	423
Sandburg Elementary School	40.3	273
Fairview Elementary School	40.1	274
Wilcox Elementary School	43.6	250
Tri-City Junior High School	91.9	111
Jane Addams Elementary School	28.4	285
Enos Elementary School	31.8	255
Harvard Park Elementary School	23	344
Laketown Elementary School	43.8	160
Feitshans Elementary School	23.5	293
McClernand Elementary School	34.2	190
Black Hawk Elementary School	25.3	245
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	25.1	223
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	18	250
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	24.4	176
Hazel Dell Elementary School	34.4	122
Southern View Elementary School	23.1	134