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The public schools with the most Black students in Macon County, Illinois

Across Macon County, Illinois, 34 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. MacArthur High School leads the list at 536, against a median of 20 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Macon County, Illinois

Top Black students

536

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	MacArthur High School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	1,059	50.6%	536
2	Eisenhower High School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	909	47.6%	433
3	Hope Academy	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	501	63.9%	320
4	Robertson Charter School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	327	89.3%	292
5	Dennis Lab School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	579	49.9%	289
6	American Dreamer STEM Academy	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	423	66.7%	282
7	Parsons Elementary School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	505	49.1%	248
8	Johns Hill Magnet School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	627	39.5%	248
9	Franklin Grove Elem School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	461	52.7%	243
10	Stephen Decatur Middle School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	413	53.0%	219
11	Pershing Early Learning Center	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	416	47.1%	196
12	Muffley Elem School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	386	48.7%	188
13	Montessori Academy for Peace	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	586	31.7%	186
14	South Shores Elem School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	335	51.0%	171
15	Michael E Baum Elem School	Decatur, IL	Decatur SD 61	313	41.2%	129
16	Maroa-Forsyth Grade School	Forsyth, IL	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	593	7.1%	42
17	Maroa-Forsyth Senior High Sch	Maroa, IL	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	348	6.3%	22
18	Argenta-Oreana Elementary School	Oreana, IL	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	445	3.8%	17
19	Warrensburg-Latham Elem Sch	Warrensburg, IL	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	475	3.6%	17
20	Mt Zion Intermediate School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	557	2.5%	14
21	Argenta-Oreana High School	Argenta, IL	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	268	4.8%	13
22	Mt Zion High School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	762	1.7%	13
23	Warrensburg-Latham High School	Warrensburg, IL	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	336	3.6%	12
24	Warrensburg-Latham Middle Sch	Warrensburg, IL	Warrensburg-Latham CUSD 11	203	5.4%	11
25	Argenta-Oreana Middle School	Argenta, IL	Argenta-Oreana CUSD 1	180	5.0%	9
26	Maroa-Forsyth Middle School	Maroa, IL	Maroa Forsyth CUSD 2	271	3.3%	9
27	Mt Zion Jr High School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	378	2.4%	9
28	Meridian Elem School	Blue Mound, IL	Meridian CUSD 15	460	1.5%	7
29	McGaughey Elem School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	371	1.4%	5
30	Mt Zion Elem School	Mount Zion, IL	Mt Zion CUSD 3	359	1.4%	5
31	Meridian Middle School	Macon, IL	Meridian CUSD 15	195	2.0%	4
32	Sangamon Valley Primary School	Harristown, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	170	2.4%	4
33	Meridian High School	Macon, IL	Meridian CUSD 15	287	0.3%	1
34	Sangamon Valley High School	Niantic, IL	Sangamon Valley CUSD 9	204	0.5%	1

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