Macon County schools welcomed 14,153 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
This is a decrease of 1.8% from the previous school year, when there were 14,411 students enrolled in the county.
Macon County had the 21st highest enrollment numbers in the state.
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.3% identified as male, and 48.7% as female.
The most represented ethnicity among Macon County students was white, making up about 57.1% of all the students.
Within Macon County, MacArthur High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,064 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.
Enrollment of Macon County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
| School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| American Dreamer STEM Academy | Decatur | 391 |
| Argenta-Oreana Elementary School | Oreana | 439 |
| Argenta-Oreana High School | Argenta | 267 |
| Argenta-Oreana Middle School | Argenta | 196 |
| Dennis Elementary School | Decatur | 537 |
| Eisenhower High School | Decatur | 883 |
| Franklin Grove Elementary School | Decatur | 445 |
| Hope Academy | Decatur | 577 |
| Johns Hill Magnet School | Decatur | 643 |
| MacArthur High School | Decatur | 1,064 |
| Maroa-Forsyth Grade School | Forsyth | 587 |
| Maroa-Forsyth Middle School | Maroa | 256 |
| Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School | Maroa | 329 |
| McGaughey Elementary School | Mount Zion | 381 |
| Meridian Elementary School | Blue Mound | 447 |
| Meridian High School | Macon | 287 |
| Meridian Middle School | Macon | 204 |
| Michael E. Baum Elementary School | Decatur | 298 |
| Montessori Academy for Peace | Decatur | 703 |
| Mt. Zion Elementary School | Mount Zion | 330 |
| Mt. Zion High School | Mount Zion | 743 |
| Mt. Zion Intermediate School | Mount Zion | 532 |
| Mt. Zion Junior High School | Mount Zion | 400 |
| Muffley Elementary School | Decatur | 356 |
| Parsons Accelerated School | Decatur | 448 |
| Robertson Charter School | Decatur | 329 |
| Sangamon Valley High School | Niantic | 173 |
| Sangamon Valley Primary School | Harristown | 174 |
| South Shores Elementary School | Decatur | 314 |
| Stephen Decatur Middle School | Decatur | 460 |
| Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School | Warrensburg | 430 |
| Warrensburg-Latham High School | Warrensburg | 311 |
| Warrensburg-Latham Middle School | Warrensburg | 219 |
