Macon Reporter

There were 8,405 white students enrolled in Macon County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 56.7% of the 14,825 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 34 schools in Macon County County, Mt. Zion High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 661 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
Mt. Zion High School	91.9	719
Mt. Zion Intermediate School	89.2	527
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School	80.2	555
Meridian Elementary School	93.3	433
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School	83	460
MacArthur High School	32.7	1,137
Mt. Zion Junior High School	91	401
McGaughey Elementary School	93.5	383
Eisenhower High School	35.4	994
Montessori Academy for Peace	49.9	689
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School	84.2	404
Mt. Zion Elementary School	93.3	345
Warrensburg-Latham High School	87.7	309
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School	80.9	335
Meridian High School	91.9	295
Maroa-Forsyth Middle School	81.4	264
Warrensburg-Latham Middle School	87.4	239
Argenta-Oreana High School	84.6	246
Dennis Elementary School	37	532
Meridian Middle School	94.7	206
Sangamon Valley High School	92.4	198
Argenta-Oreana Middle School	79.3	217
Stephen Decatur Middle School	34.1	490
Muffley Elementary School	41.7	396
Parsons Accelerated School	30.1	501
Sangamon Valley Primary School	91.4	152
Franklin Grove Elementary School	28.9	461
Michael E. Baum Elementary School	39.8	334
Johns Hill Magnet School	21.4	575
Pershing Early Learning Center	29.7	414
Hope Academy	19.1	564
South Shores Elementary School	33.2	301
American Dreamer STEM Academy	14	401
Robertson Charter School	0	348