Macon Reporter

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.

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