Sangamon Sun

There were 16,454 white students enrolled in Sangamon County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 62.7% of the 26,224 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 65 schools in Sangamon County, Glenwood High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,093 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 name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Glenwood High School	76.3%	1,433
Springfield High School	48.8%	1,414
Rochester High School	91.3%	698
Glenwood Middle School	74.8%	775
Glenwood Intermediate School	76.1%	681
Sherman Elementary School	94%	536
Ball Elementary School	77.9%	597
Farmingdale Elementary School	95%	478
Williamsville High School	93.8%	464
Glenwood Elementary School	69.2%	607
Williamsville Junior High School	93.2%	441
Riverton Elementary School	81.6%	500
Lanphier High School	39.1%	1,036
New Berlin Elementary School	90.9%	438
Pleasant Plains High School	91.1%	414
Chatham Elementary School	76.7%	486
Rochester Intermediate School	88.4%	413
Pleasant Plains Middle School	92.9%	381
Springfield Southeast High School	30.7%	1,131
Rochester Elementary Ec-1 School	88.9%	370
Cantrall Elementary School	90.7%	355
Riverton High School	91.2%	352
Auburn High School	91.5%	341
Riverton Middle School	85.4%	349
Pawnee Grade School	96.4%	303
Auburn Elementary School	92.9%	294
Tri-City Elementary School	94.5%	275
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	36.1%	693
Pawnee Junior/Senior High School	94.8%	251
New Berlin High School	95.5%	242
Rochester Elementary 2-3	88.7%	257
Auburn Junior High At Divernon	90.3%	236
Cantrall Intermediate School	89.5%	209
Iles Elementary School	46.1%	406
Auburn Middle School	90%	200
Washington Middle School	34.8%	512
Lindsay School	34.7%	458
Springfield Ball Charter School	39.8%	394
Owen Marsh Elementary School	53.8%	292
Lincoln Magnet School	50.3%	300
New Berlin Junior High School	92.6%	163
U.S. Grant Middle School	28.2%	515
Ridgely Elementary School	46.1%	297
Butler Elementary School	38.3%	350
Tri-City High School	91.7%	145
Jefferson Middle School	26.7%	483
Sangamon Valley Middle School	94.7%	132
Fairview Elementary School	41.2%	294
Sangamon Valley Intermediate School	95.2%	124
Dubois Elementary School	27.1%	436
Tri-City Junior High School	91.9%	123
Sandburg Elementary School	39.2%	278
Wilcox Elementary School	38.3%	256
Harvard Park Elementary School	25.8%	349
McClernand Elementary School	36.3%	193
Jane Addams Elementary School	26.6%	259
Enos Elementary School	26.1%	241
Black Hawk Elementary School	22.6%	261
Feitshans Elementary School	21.2%	273
Edwin A. Lee Elementary School	25.9%	189
Elizabeth Graham Elementary School	18.5%	248
Laketown Elementary School	36.3%	124
Matheny-Withrow Elementary School	20.3%	212
Southern View Elementary School	25.3%	154
Hazel Dell Elementary School	31%	113