Sangamon Sun

There were 4,901 white students enrolled in Springfield School District 186 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.2% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Springfield School District 186 welcomed 14,295 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Springfield School District 186 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Springfield.

Among the 31 schools in Springfield School District 186, Springfield High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 759 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent 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 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	13,015	4,901	37.7%
2021	13,244	5,116	38.6%
2020	13,411	5,388	40.2%
2019	14,063	5,885	41.8%
2018	14,295	6,216	43.5%