Sangamon Sun

Sangamon County schools welcomed 27,553 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 2.3% from the previous school year, when there were 28,205 students enrolled in the county.

Sangamon County had the 11th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male, and 48.3% as female.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 62.6% of its student body.

Within Sangamon County, Glenwood High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,476 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	294
Auburn High School	Auburn	358
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	Divernon	238
Auburn Middle School	Auburn	213
Ball Elementary School	Chatham	599
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield	707
Black Hawk Elementary School	Springfield	245
Butler Elementary School	Springfield	325
Cantrall Elementary School	Cantrall	325
Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall	213
Chatham Elementary School	Chatham	470
Dubois Elementary School	Springfield	423
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	Springfield	176
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	Springfield	176
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	Springfield	250
Enos Elementary School	Springfield	255
Fairview Elementary School	Springfield	274
Farmingdale Elementary School	Pleasant Plains	467
Feitshans Elementary School	Springfield	293
Feitshans Elementary School	Springfield	293
Glenwood Elementary School	Chatham	595
Glenwood High School	Chatham	1,476
Glenwood Intermediate School	Chatham	718
Glenwood Middle School	Chatham	757
Harvard Park Elementary School	Springfield	344
Harvard Park Elementary School	Springfield	344
Hazel Dell Elementary School	Springfield	122
Iles Elementary School	Springfield	391
Jane Addams Elementary School	Springfield	285
Jefferson Middle School	Springfield	528
Laketown Elementary School	Springfield	160
Lanphier High School	Springfield	1,018
Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield	298
Lindsay School	Springfield	406
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	Springfield	223
McClernand Elementary School	Springfield	190
New Berlin Elementary School	New Berlin	437
New Berlin High School	New Berlin	239
New Berlin Junior High School	New Berlin	170
Owen Marsh Elementary School	Springfield	290
Pawnee Grade School	Pawnee	312
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	Pawnee	242
Pleasant Plains High School	Pleasant Plains	393
Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	377
Ridgely Elementary School	Springfield	308
Riverton Elementary School	Riverton	505
Riverton High School	Riverton	347
Riverton Middle School	Riverton	354
Rochester Elementary 2-3	Rochester	255
Rochester Elementary Ec-1 School	Rochester	351
Rochester High School	Rochester	694
Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester	424
Rochester Junior High School	Rochester	339
Sandburg Elementary School	Springfield	273
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	Illiopolis	137
Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis	148
Sherman Elementary School	Sherman	526
Southern View Elementary School	Springfield	134
Springfield Ball Charter School	Springfield	384
Springfield High School	Springfield	1,438
Springfield Southeast High School	Springfield	1,218
Tri-City Elementary School	Buffalo	292
Tri-City High School	Buffalo	162
Tri-City Junior High School	Buffalo	111
U.S. Grant Middle School	Springfield	518
Washington Middle School	Springfield	520
Wilcox Elementary School	Springfield	250
Williamsville High School	Williamsville	486
Williamsville Junior High School	Williamsville	470