Sangamon Valley Primary School

Located at 1095 N Meridian, in Harristown, Illinois, Sangamon Valley Primary School is a compact K-5 school that serves 170 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by Sangamon Valley CUSD 9. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Sangamon Valley CUSD 9 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 634 students. Sangamon Valley Primary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sangamon Valley Primary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Macon County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Sangamon Valley Primary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate median household income runs about $62,666, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Macon County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), Sangamon Valley Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Sangamon Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Sangamon Valley Primary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Sangamon Valley Primary School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 177 (now 170). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 92% to 87%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Sangamon Valley Primary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.