Chambana Sun

Champaign County schools welcomed 24,638 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 2.4% over the previous school year, when there were 24,058 students enrolled in the county.

Champaign County had the 13th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 50.9% identified as male, 49% as female, and 0.1% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among Champaign County students was white, making up about 48.3% of all the students.

Within Champaign County, Central High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,536 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
Bottenfield Elementary School	Champaign	451
Broadmeadow Elementary School	Rantoul	228
Carrie Busey Elementary School	Savoy	458
Centennial High School	Champaign	1,376
Central High School	Champaign	1,536
Dr. Howard Elementary School	Champaign	393
Dr. Preston L. Williams Junior Elementary School	Urbana	435
Eastlawn Elementary School	Rantoul	309
Edison Middle School	Champaign	693
Fisher Grade School	Fisher	319
Fisher Junior/Senior High School	Fisher	285
Franklin Middle School	Champaign	669
Garden Hills Elementary School	Champaign	311
Gifford Grade School	Gifford	164
Heritage High School	Broadlands	130
Heritage Junior High And Elementary School	Homer	247
International Prep Academy	Champaign	567
J.W. Eater Junior High School	Rantoul	510
Jefferson Middle School	Champaign	732
Kenwood Elementary School	Champaign	344
Leal Elementary School	Urbana	390
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	Mahomet	790
Ludlow Elementary School	Ludlow	61
M.L. King Junior Elementary School	Urbana	292
Mahomet-Seymour High School	Mahomet	985
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School	Mahomet	809
Middletown Prairie Elementary	Mahomet	817
Northview Elementary School	Rantoul	260
Pleasant Acres Elementary School	Rantoul	360
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	Thomasboro	53
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary School	Royal	86
Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School	Ogden	128
Rantoul Township High School	Rantoul	833
Robeson Elementary School	Champaign	459
South Side Elementary School	Champaign	288
St. Joseph Elementary School	St. Joseph	476
St. Joseph Middle School	St. Joseph	346
St. Joseph-Ogden High School	St. Joseph	456
Stratton Elementary School	Champaign	475
Thomas Paine Elementary School	Urbana	275
Thomasboro Grade School	Thomasboro	140
Unity East School	Philo	231
Unity High School	Tolono	521
Unity Junior High School	Tolono	342
Unity West School	Tolono	423
University of Illinois High School	Urbana	306
Urbana High School	Urbana	1,179
Urbana Middle School	Urbana	890
Vernon L. Barkstall Elementary School	Champaign	385
Washington Elementary School	Champaign	365
Westview Elementary School	Champaign	433
Wiley Elementary School	Urbana	228
Yankee Ridge Elementary School	Urbana	399