Springfield School District 186 Principal Mrs. Jennifer Gill (2023) | Springfield School District 186
Springfield School District 186 Principal Mrs. Jennifer Gill (2023) | Springfield School District 186
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.2% of them were boys, and 48.8% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Springfield School District 186 students was Black, accounting for 43.2% of the student population.
Among the 10 districts in Sangamon County, Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 4,636 students, while Rochester Community Unit School District 3A welcomed 2,102 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Springfield School District 186 roughly covers schools within Sangamon County with its main office in Springfield.
In the previous school year, Springfield School District 186 also had the highest number of students among Sangamon County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
| District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Springfield School District 186 | Springfield | 13,015 |
| Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5 | Chatham | 4,636 |
| Rochester Community Unit School District 3A | Rochester | 2,102 |
| Williamsville Community Unit School District 15 | Williamsville | 1,503 |
| Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 | Pleasant Plains | 1,245 |
| Riverton Community Unit School District 14 | Riverton | 1,236 |
| Auburn Community Unit School District 10 | Auburn | 1,160 |
| Community Unit School District 16 | New Berlin | 848 |
| Tri-City Community Unit School District 1 | Buffalo | 590 |
| Pawnee Community Unit School District 11 | Pawnee | 543 |
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