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Macon County enrollment in 2022-23 school year

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Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

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 in Macon County Schools Over 7 Years

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Enrollment of Macon County County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

SchoolCityEnrollment
American Dreamer STEM AcademyDecatur391
Argenta-Oreana Elementary SchoolOreana439
Argenta-Oreana High SchoolArgenta267
Argenta-Oreana Middle SchoolArgenta196
Dennis Elementary SchoolDecatur537
Eisenhower High SchoolDecatur883
Franklin Grove Elementary SchoolDecatur445
Hope AcademyDecatur577
Johns Hill Magnet SchoolDecatur643
MacArthur High SchoolDecatur1,064
Maroa-Forsyth Grade SchoolForsyth587
Maroa-Forsyth Middle SchoolMaroa256
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High SchoolMaroa329
McGaughey Elementary SchoolMount Zion381
Meridian Elementary SchoolBlue Mound447
Meridian High SchoolMacon287
Meridian Middle SchoolMacon204
Michael E. Baum Elementary SchoolDecatur298
Montessori Academy for PeaceDecatur703
Mt. Zion Elementary SchoolMount Zion330
Mt. Zion High SchoolMount Zion743
Mt. Zion Intermediate SchoolMount Zion532
Mt. Zion Junior High SchoolMount Zion400
Muffley Elementary SchoolDecatur356
Parsons Accelerated SchoolDecatur448
Robertson Charter SchoolDecatur329
Sangamon Valley High SchoolNiantic173
Sangamon Valley Primary SchoolHarristown174
South Shores Elementary SchoolDecatur314
Stephen Decatur Middle SchoolDecatur460
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary SchoolWarrensburg430
Warrensburg-Latham High SchoolWarrensburg311
Warrensburg-Latham Middle SchoolWarrensburg219

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