Sangamon Sun

Sangamon County schools welcomed 26,224 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 4.8% from the previous school year, when there were 27,553 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.4% identified as male, 48.4% as female, and 0.2% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

Most of the students enrolled in the county were white, representing 62.7% of its student body.

Within Sangamon County, Glenwood High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,433 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Auburn Elementary School	Auburn	294
Auburn High School	Auburn	341
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	Divernon	236
Auburn Middle School	Auburn	200
Ball Elementary School	Chatham	597
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Springfield	693
Black Hawk Elementary School	Springfield	261
Butler Elementary School	Springfield	350
Cantrall Elementary School	Cantrall	355
Cantrall Intermediate School	Cantrall	209
Chatham Elementary School	Chatham	486
Dubois Elementary School	Springfield	436
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	Springfield	189
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	Springfield	248
Enos Elementary School	Springfield	241
Fairview Elementary School	Springfield	294
Farmingdale Elementary School	Pleasant Plains	478
Feitshans Elementary School	Springfield	273
Glenwood Elementary School	Chatham	607
Glenwood High School	Chatham	1,433
Glenwood Intermediate School	Chatham	681
Glenwood Middle School	Chatham	775
Harvard Park Elementary School	Springfield	349
Hazel Dell Elementary School	Springfield	113
Iles Elementary School	Springfield	406
Jane Addams Elementary School	Springfield	259
Jefferson Middle School	Springfield	483
Laketown Elementary School	Springfield	124
Lanphier High School	Springfield	1,036
Lincoln Magnet School	Springfield	300
Lindsay School	Springfield	458
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	Springfield	212
McClernand Elementary School	Springfield	193
New Berlin Elementary School	New Berlin	438
New Berlin High School	New Berlin	242
New Berlin Junior High School	New Berlin	163
Owen Marsh Elementary School	Springfield	292
Pawnee Grade School	Pawnee	303
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	Pawnee	251
Pleasant Plains High School	Pleasant Plains	414
Pleasant Plains Middle School	Pleasant Plains	381
Ridgely Elementary School	Springfield	297
Riverton Elementary School	Riverton	500
Riverton High School	Riverton	352
Riverton Middle School	Riverton	349
Rochester Elementary 2-3	Rochester	257
Rochester Elementary Ec-1 School	Rochester	370
Rochester High School	Rochester	698
Rochester Intermediate School	Rochester	413
Sandburg Elementary School	Springfield	278
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	Illiopolis	124
Sangamon Valley Middle School	Illiopolis	132
Sherman Elementary School	Sherman	536
Southern View Elementary School	Springfield	154
Springfield Ball Charter School	Springfield	394
Springfield High School	Springfield	1,414
Springfield Southeast High School	Springfield	1,131
Tri-City Elementary School	Buffalo	275
Tri-City High School	Buffalo	145
Tri-City Junior High School	Buffalo	123
U.S. Grant Middle School	Springfield	515
Washington Middle School	Springfield	512
Wilcox Elementary School	Springfield	256
Williamsville High School	Williamsville	464
Williamsville Junior High School	Williamsville	441