Chambana Sun

Rantoul City School District 137 welcomed 1,667 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.1% decrease from the previous school year.

J.W. Eater Junior High School had the largest enrollment in the district with 510 students.

Rantoul City School District 137 roughly covers schools within Champaign County and has a main office in Rantoul.

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 three percent between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

School	Enrollment	Change from Previous Year (%)
Northview Elementary School	260	7.9%
Eastlawn Elementary School	309	-11.5%
J.W. Eater Junior High School	510	-4.5%
Broadmeadow Elementary School	228	-10.9%
Pleasant Acres Elementary School	360	17.6%