Chambana Sun

Central High School had the highest enrollment among Champaign County schools, welcoming 1,489 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.2% of the students were girls, and 48.8% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Central High School students was white, accounting for 39.2% of the student population.

Among the 54 schools in Champaign County, Centennial High School ranked second in enrollment with 1,388 students, while Urbana High School welcomed 1,125 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Central High School is a part of Champaign Community Unit School District 4, which generally encompasses schools within Champaign County with its main office in Champaign.

In the previous school year, Central High School had the highest number of students among Champaign County schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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	City	Total Enrolment
Central High School	Champaign	1,489
Centennial High School	Champaign	1,388
Urbana High School	Urbana	1,125
Mahomet-Seymour High School	Mahomet	1,017
Urbana Middle School	Urbana	884
Rantoul Township High School	Rantoul	801
Middletown Prairie Elementary	Mahomet	800
Jefferson Middle School	Champaign	756
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	Mahomet	754
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School	Mahomet	754
Edison Middle School	Champaign	731
Franklin Middle School	Champaign	688
J.W. Eater Junior High School	Rantoul	534
Unity High School	Tolono	516
International Prep Academy	Champaign	510
Carrie Busey Elementary School	Savoy	473
St. Joseph Elementary School	St. Joseph	464
Stratton Elementary School	Champaign	451
Bottenfield Elementary School	Champaign	441
Robeson Elementary School	Champaign	439
Westview Elementary School	Champaign	439
St. Joseph-Ogden High School	St. Joseph	434
Dr. Preston L. Williams Junior Elementary School	Urbana	428
Unity West School	Tolono	419
Vernon L. Barkstall Elementary School	Champaign	414
Dr. Howard Elementary School	Champaign	385
Leal Elementary School	Urbana	379
Garden Hills Elementary School	Champaign	375
St. Joseph Middle School	St. Joseph	366
Yankee Ridge Elementary School	Urbana	355
Eastlawn Elementary School	Rantoul	349
Unity Junior High School	Tolono	348
Kenwood Elementary School	Champaign	339
Washington Elementary School	Champaign	333
Fisher Grade School	Fisher	307
Pleasant Acres Elementary School	Rantoul	306
South Side Elementary School	Champaign	285
Thomas Paine Elementary School	Urbana	284
M.L. King Junior Elementary School	Urbana	281
Fisher Junior/Senior High School	Fisher	271
Urbana Early Childhood School	Urbana	259
Broadmeadow Elementary School	Rantoul	256
Unity East School	Philo	243
Heritage Junior High And Elementary School	Homer	242
Northview Elementary School	Rantoul	241
Wiley Elementary School	Urbana	213
Gifford Grade School	Gifford	173
Champaign Early Childhood Center	Champaign	144
Thomasboro Grade School	Thomasboro	136
Heritage High School	Broadlands	129
Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School	Ogden	120
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary School	Royal	93
Ludlow Elementary School	Ludlow	56
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	Thomasboro	44