Sangamon Sun

There were 1,052 white students enrolled in Auburn Community Unit School District 10 in the 2021-22 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Auburn Community Unit School District 10 welcomed 1,342 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Auburn Community Unit School District 10 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Auburn.

Among the four schools in Auburn Community Unit School District 10, Auburn High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 352 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	1,160	1,052	90.7%
2021	1,180	1,084	91.9%
2020	1,260	1,155	91.7%
2019	1,337	1,233	92.2%
2018	1,342	1,244	92.7%