Macon Reporter

Macon County schools welcomed 14,051 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.7% from the previous school year, when there were 14,153 students enrolled in the county.

Macon County had the 20th 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 56.2% of all the students.

Within Macon County, MacArthur High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 999 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	City	Enrollment
American Dreamer STEM Academy	Decatur	364
Argenta-Oreana Elementary School	Oreana	455
Argenta-Oreana High School	Argenta	265
Argenta-Oreana Middle School	Argenta	174
Dennis Elementary School	Decatur	520
Eisenhower High School	Decatur	885
Franklin Grove Elementary School	Decatur	460
Hope Academy	Decatur	527
Johns Hill Magnet School	Decatur	625
MacArthur High School	Decatur	999
Maroa-Forsyth Grade School	Forsyth	584
Maroa-Forsyth Middle School	Maroa	245
Maroa-Forsyth Senior High School	Maroa	337
McGaughey Elementary School	Mount Zion	366
Meridian Elementary School	Blue Mound	466
Meridian High School	Macon	288
Meridian Middle School	Macon	198
Michael E. Baum Elementary School	Decatur	323
Montessori Academy for Peace	Decatur	648
Mt. Zion Elementary School	Mount Zion	347
Mt. Zion High School	Mount Zion	759
Mt. Zion Intermediate School	Mount Zion	521
Mt. Zion Junior High School	Mount Zion	398
Muffley Elementary School	Decatur	389
Parsons Accelerated School	Decatur	465
Robertson Charter School	Decatur	329
Sangamon Valley High School	Niantic	184
Sangamon Valley Primary School	Harristown	157
South Shores Elementary School	Decatur	320
Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur	474
Warrensburg-Latham Elementary School	Warrensburg	458
Warrensburg-Latham High School	Warrensburg	307
Warrensburg-Latham Middle School	Warrensburg	214