Chambana Sun

Champaign County schools welcomed 24,440 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.8% from the previous school year, when there were 24,638 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male, 48.8% 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 47.2% of all the students.

Within Champaign County, Central High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,587 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
Bottenfield Elementary School	Champaign	439
Broadmeadow Elementary School	Rantoul	242
Carrie Busey Elementary School	Savoy	454
Centennial High School	Champaign	1,413
Central High School	Champaign	1,587
Dr. Howard Elementary School	Champaign	379
Dr. Preston L. Williams Junior Elementary School	Urbana	503
Eastlawn Elementary School	Rantoul	256
Edison Middle School	Champaign	640
Fisher Grade School	Fisher	330
Fisher Junior/Senior High School	Fisher	283
Franklin Middle School	Champaign	626
Garden Hills Elementary School	Champaign	357
Gifford Grade School	Gifford	158
Heritage High School	Broadlands	120
Heritage Junior High And Elementary School	Homer	236
International Prep Academy	Champaign	649
J.W. Eater Junior High School	Rantoul	486
Jefferson Middle School	Champaign	703
Kenwood Elementary School	Champaign	369
Leal Elementary School	Urbana	372
Lincoln Trail Elementary School	Mahomet	788
Ludlow Elementary School	Ludlow	47
M.L. King Junior Elementary School	Urbana	304
Mahomet-Seymour High School	Mahomet	996
Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School	Mahomet	785
Middletown Prairie Elementary	Mahomet	816
Northview Elementary School	Rantoul	253
Pleasant Acres Elementary School	Rantoul	290
Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School	Thomasboro	63
Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary School	Royal	79
Prairieview-Ogden South Elementary School	Ogden	133
Rantoul Township High School	Rantoul	827
Robeson Elementary School	Champaign	431
South Side Elementary School	Champaign	290
St. Joseph Elementary School	St. Joseph	486
St. Joseph Middle School	St. Joseph	335
St. Joseph-Ogden High School	St. Joseph	436
Stratton Elementary School	Champaign	422
Thomas Paine Elementary School	Urbana	377
Thomasboro Grade School	Thomasboro	141
Unity East School	Philo	240
Unity High School	Tolono	513
Unity Junior High School	Tolono	360
Unity West School	Tolono	386
University of Illinois High School	Urbana	314
Urbana High School	Urbana	1,171
Urbana Middle School	Urbana	897
Vernon L. Barkstall Elementary School	Champaign	406
Washington Elementary School	Champaign	371
Westview Elementary School	Champaign	416
Yankee Ridge Elementary School	Urbana	465