Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 ranked 312th in enrollment with 1,239 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
The district was ranked 310th the year before.
Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 roughly covers schools within Shelby County and has a main office in Shelbyville.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state’s demographic changes. Between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately two million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 153,000 students or 7.6%.
As of the 2024-25 school year, Illinois public schools served just under 1.85 million K-12 students statewide, continuing a slow decline in enrollment from previous years. During that same period, the state recorded a student-teacher ratio of about 17:1 as full-time equivalent teachers rose to a record 137,899.
Enrollment in Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 Over 4 Years
Largest 200 Illinois Districtcs by Enrollment in 2024-25 School Year
| Rank | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Public School District 299 | Chicago | 323,047 |
| 2 | School District U-46 | Elgin | 33,525 |
| 3 | Rockford School District 205 | Rockford | 28,162 |
| 4 | Indian Prairie School District 204 | Aurora | 25,932 |
| 5 | Plainfield School District 202 | Plainfield | 24,411 |
| 6 | Community Unit School District 300 | Algonquin | 20,392 |
| 7 | Oswego Community Unit School District 308 | Oswego | 16,601 |
| 8 | Naperville Community Unit School District 203 | Naperville | 15,899 |
| 9 | Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | Schaumburg | 15,266 |
| 10 | Valley View Community Unit School District 365U | Romeoville | 14,529 |
| 11 | Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 | Waukegan | 13,551 |
| 12 | Peoria School District 150 | Peoria | 12,857 |
| 13 | Springfield School District 186 | Springfield | 12,795 |
| 14 | Township High School District 211 | Palatine | 12,292 |
| 15 | McLean County Unit School District 5 | Normal | 12,219 |
| 16 | Aurora East Unit School District 131 | Aurora | 12,043 |
| 17 | Township High School District 214 | Arlington Heights | 11,737 |
| 18 | St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 | St. Charles | 11,610 |
| 19 | Community Unit School District 200 | Wheaton | 11,503 |
| 20 | Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | Palatine | 11,249 |
| 21 | Aurora West Unit School District 129 | Aurora | 10,982 |
| 22 | Champaign Community Unit School District 4 | Champaign | 10,465 |
| 23 | Joliet Public School District 86 | Joliet | 9,295 |
| 24 | Cicero School District 99 | Cicero | 8,621 |
| 25 | Huntley Community School District 158 | Algonquin | 8,358 |
| 26 | Elmhurst School District 205 | Elmhurst | 8,209 |
| 27 | Barrington Community Unit School District 220 | Barrington | 7,881 |
| 28 | Decatur School District 61 | Decatur | 7,740 |
| 29 | Glenbard Township High School District 87 | Glen Ellyn | 7,649 |
| 30 | J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | Cicero | 7,572 |
| 31 | Consolidated High School District 230 | Orland Park | 7,485 |
| 32 | Belvidere Consolidated Unit School District 100 | Belvidere | 7,458 |
| 33 | Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 | Moline | 7,209 |
| 34 | Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 | Yorkville | 7,097 |
| 35 | Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 | Edwardsville | 7,030 |
| 36 | Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District 47 | Crystal Lake | 6,872 |
| 37 | Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 | New Lenox | 6,639 |
| 38 | Joliet Township High School District 204 | Joliet | 6,621 |
| 39 | DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 | DeKalb | 6,584 |
| 40 | Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | Wheeling | 6,239 |
| 41 | Rock Island School District 41 | Rock Island | 6,211 |
| 42 | Maine Township High School District 207 | Park Ridge | 6,197 |
| 43 | Quincy School District 172 | Quincy | 6,169 |
| 44 | Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 | Woodstock | 6,111 |
| 45 | Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | Evanston | 6,047 |
| 46 | Harlem Unit School District 122 | Machesney Park | 6,045 |
| 47 | Round Lake Community Unit School District 116 | Round Lake | 6,006 |
| 48 | Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 | Collinsville | 5,974 |
| 49 | Community Consolidated School District 59 | Elk Grove Village | 5,819 |
| 50 | Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 | Lake Zurich | 5,718 |
| 51 | Granite City Community Unit School District 9 | Granite City | 5,617 |
| 52 | Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | Oak Park | 5,501 |
| 53 | Alton Community Unit School District 11 | Alton | 5,455 |
| 54 | Community High School District 218 | Oak Lawn | 5,367 |
| 55 | Arlington Heights School District 25 | Arlington Heights | 5,359 |
| 56 | Community High School District 155 | Crystal Lake | 5,196 |
| 57 | Orland School District 135 | Orland Park | 5,127 |
| 58 | Batavia Unit School District 101 | Batavia | 5,117 |
| 59 | Central Community Unit School District 301 | Burlington | 5,018 |
| 60 | Northfield Township High School District 225 | Glenview | 4,975 |
| 61 | Geneva Community Unit School District 304 | Geneva | 4,964 |
| 62 | New Lenox School District 122 | New Lenox | 4,935 |
| 63 | Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 | Danville | 4,900 |
| 64 | Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 | Dunlap | 4,805 |
| 65 | Downers Grove Grade School District 58 | Downers Grove | 4,721 |
| 66 | Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 | Lincolnshire | 4,719 |
| 67 | Bloomington School District 87 | Bloomington | 4,699 |
| 68 | Bremen Community High School District 228 | Midlothian | 4,666 |
| 69 | Belleville Township High School District 201 | Belleville | 4,625 |
| 70 | Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 | Park Ridge | 4,614 |
| 71 | Community High School District 99 | Downers Grove | 4,598 |
| 72 | Niles Township Community High School District 219 | Skokie | 4,577 |
| 73 | East St. Louis School District 189 | East St. Louis | 4,558 |
| 74 | Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 | Gurnee | 4,526 |
| 75 | Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | Des Plaines | 4,488 |
| 76 | Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U | Crete | 4,486 |
| 77 | Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 | Chatham | 4,462 |
| 78 | Kankakee School District 111 | Kankakee | 4,455 |
| 79 | Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 | Mascoutah | 4,318 |
| 80 | Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 | Minooka | 4,317 |
| 81 | Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | Glenview | 4,270 |
| 82 | Thornton Township High School District 205 | South Holland | 4,255 |
| 83 | Proviso Township High School District 209 | Forest Park | 4,175 |
| 84 | Urbana School District 116 | Urbana | 4,134 |
| 85 | Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 | Wauconda | 4,093 |
| 86 | Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 | Melrose Park | 4,018 |
| 87 | McHenry Community Consolidated School District 15 | McHenry | 4,008 |
| 88 | Triad Community Unit School District 2 | Troy | 3,993 |
| 89 | Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C | Plainfield | 3,895 |
| 90 | Kaneland Community Unit School District 302 | Maple Park | 3,854 |
| 91 | O’Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 | O’Fallon | 3,837 |
| 92 | Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 | Galesburg | 3,819 |
| 93 | Hinsdale Township High School District 86 | Hinsdale | 3,801 |
| 94 | DuPage High School District 88 | Addison | 3,743 |
| 95 | North Shore School District 112 | Highland Park | 3,695 |
| 96 | East Maine School District 63 | Des Plaines | 3,686 |
| 97 | Marion Community Unit School District 2 | Marion | 3,662 |
| 98 | Sycamore Community Unit School District 427 | Sycamore | 3,655 |
| 99 | Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C | Homer Glen | 3,648 |
| 100 | Lyons Township High School District 204 | La Grange | 3,645 |
| 101 | Lockport Township High School District 205 | Lockport | 3,638 |
| 102 | New Trier Township High School District 203 | Northfield | 3,610 |
| 103 | Freeport School District 145 | Freeport | 3,597 |
| 104 | North Chicago School District 187 | North Chicago | 3,555 |
| 105 | Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 | Clarendon Hills | 3,546 |
| 106 | Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46 | Grayslake | 3,501 |
| 107 | Kirby School District 140 | Tinley Park | 3,478 |
| 108 | Evanston Township High School District 202 | Evanston | 3,476 |
| 109 | Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 | Vernon Hills | 3,466 |
| 110 | Glen Ellyn School District 41 | Glen Ellyn | 3,462 |
| 111 | Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 | Mahomet | 3,441 |
| 112 | Leyden Community High School District 212 | Franklin Park | 3,418 |
| 113 | Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 | Buffalo Grove | 3,405 |
| 114 | Warren Township High School District 121 | Gurnee | 3,394 |
| 115 | Addison School District 4 | Addison | 3,371 |
| 116 | Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 | Oak Lawn | 3,355 |
| 117 | North Palos School District 117 | Palos Hills | 3,326 |
| 118 | Community Consolidated School District 93 | Bloomingdale | 3,299 |
| 119 | Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | Oak Park | 3,276 |
| 120 | Wilmette School District 39 | Wilmette | 3,258 |
| 121 | Morton Community Unit School District 709 | Morton | 3,217 |
| 122 | West Chicago Elementary School District 33 | West Chicago | 3,211 |
| 122 | Belleville School District 118 | Belleville | 3,211 |
| 124 | Burbank School District 111 | Burbank | 3,185 |
| 125 | Sterling Community Unit School District 5 | Sterling | 3,160 |
| 126 | Libertyville Community High School District 128 | Vernon Hills | 3,154 |
| 127 | Villa Park School District 45 | Villa Park | 3,135 |
| 128 | Jacksonville School District 117 | Jacksonville | 3,131 |
| 129 | Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 | Lansing | 3,088 |
| 130 | Pekin Public School District 108 | Pekin | 3,072 |
| 131 | Bloom Township High School District 206 | Chicago Heights | 3,012 |
| 132 | Berwyn South School District 100 | Berwyn | 3,002 |
| 133 | Township High School District 113 | Highland Park | 3,000 |
| 134 | Lombard School District 44 | Lombard | 2,976 |
| 135 | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | Cahokia | 2,957 |
| 136 | Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 | Mattoon | 2,927 |
| 137 | Cook County School District 130 | Blue Island | 2,897 |
| 138 | Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | Elmwood Park | 2,880 |
| 139 | Woodridge School District 68 | Woodridge | 2,872 |
| 140 | La Grange School District 102 | La Grange Park | 2,861 |
| 141 | Minooka Community High School District 111 | Channahon | 2,851 |
| 142 | Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 | Waterloo | 2,715 |
| 143 | Highland Community Unit School District 5 | Highland | 2,710 |
| 144 | Deerfield School District 109 | Deerfield | 2,709 |
| 145 | Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A | Lemont | 2,661 |
| 146 | Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | Flossmoor | 2,657 |
| 147 | Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C | Frankfort | 2,634 |
| 148 | Chicago Heights School District 170 | Chicago Heights | 2,632 |
| 149 | East Moline School District 37 | East Moline | 2,612 |
| 150 | Charleston Community Unit School District 1 | Charleston | 2,552 |
| 151 | Antioch Community High School District 117 | Lake Villa | 2,550 |
| 152 | Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 | Buffalo Grove | 2,542 |
| 153 | Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 | Antioch | 2,537 |
| 154 | Harvard Community Unit School District 50 | Harvard | 2,503 |
| 155 | O’Fallon Township High School District 203 | O’Fallon | 2,502 |
| 156 | Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 | Zion | 2,481 |
| 157 | Grayslake Community High School District 127 | Grayslake | 2,479 |
| 158 | Lake Park Community High School District 108 | Roselle | 2,466 |
| 159 | Lansing School District 158 | Lansing | 2,461 |
| 160 | Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 | Markham | 2,434 |
| 161 | Berwyn North School District 98 | Berwyn | 2,413 |
| 162 | Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 | Geneseo | 2,405 |
| 163 | Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 | Mount Zion | 2,400 |
| 164 | Indian Springs School District 109 | Justice | 2,393 |
| 165 | Mannheim School District 83 | Franklin Park | 2,390 |
| 166 | Plano Community Unit School District 88 | Plano | 2,374 |
| 167 | Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 | Cary | 2,368 |
| 168 | Matteson Elementary School District 162 | Richton Park | 2,360 |
| 169 | Jersey Community Unit School District 100 | Jerseyville | 2,357 |
| 170 | Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8 | Bethalto | 2,355 |
| 170 | Dixon Unit School District 170 | Dixon | 2,355 |
| 172 | Ridgeland School District 122 | Oak Lawn | 2,354 |
| 173 | Rich Township High School District 227 | Matteson | 2,347 |
| 174 | Community Consolidated School District 146 | Tinley Park | 2,317 |
| 175 | Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41 | Lake Villa | 2,316 |
| 176 | Summit Hill School District 161 | Frankfort | 2,309 |
| 177 | Flossmoor School District 161 | Chicago Heights | 2,287 |
| 178 | Herrin Community Unit School District 4 | Herrin | 2,285 |
| 179 | Bourbonnais School District 53 | Bourbonnais | 2,266 |
| 180 | Marquardt School District 15 | Glendale Heights | 2,265 |
| 181 | Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120 | Mundelein | 2,255 |
| 182 | Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 | Glen Ellyn | 2,239 |
| 183 | Effingham Community Unit School District 40 | Effingham | 2,196 |
| 184 | McHenry Community High School District 156 | McHenry | 2,187 |
| 185 | Libertyville School District 70 | Libertyville | 2,160 |
| 186 | Taylorville Community Unit School District 3 | Taylorville | 2,146 |
| 187 | Carterville Community Unit School District 5 | Carterville | 2,143 |
| 188 | East Richland Community Unit School District 1 | Olney | 2,125 |
| 189 | Coal City Community Unit School District 1 | Coal City | 2,121 |
| 190 | Zion Elementary School District 6 | Zion | 2,106 |
| 191 | Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 | Palos Park | 2,104 |
| 192 | Dolton School District 149 | Calumet City | 2,102 |
| 193 | Mount Prospect School District 57 | Mount Prospect | 2,092 |
| 194 | Fremont School District 79 | Mundelein | 2,060 |
| 195 | Berkeley School District 87 | Berkeley | 2,054 |
| 196 | Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 | Chillicothe | 2,050 |
| 197 | Canton Union School District 66 | Canton | 2,046 |
| 198 | Bensenville School District 2 | Bensenville | 2,009 |
| 199 | Lyons School District 103 | Lyons | 2,003 |
| 200 | Rochester Community Unit School District 3A | Rochester | 1,995 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
