Sangamon Sun

There were 1,155 white students enrolled in Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 in the 2021-22 school year, 1% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 welcomed 1,269 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County and has a main office in Pleasant Plains.

Among the three schools in Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8, Farmingdale Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 432 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	1,245	1,155	92.8%
2021	1,237	1,143	92.4%
2020	1,257	1,167	92.8%
2019	1,284	1,182	92.1%
2018	1,269	1,160	91.4%