Sangamon Sun

There were 16,204 white students enrolled in Sangamon County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 61.4% of the 26,385 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 10 districts in Sangamon County, Springfield School District 186 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 4,576 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Sangamon County.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Springfield School District 186	35.6%	12,849
Ball-Chatham Community Unit School District 5	75.3%	4,579
Rochester Community Unit School District 3A	89.8%	2,031
Williamsville Community Unit School District 15	93.7%	1,441
Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8	93.1%	1,273
Riverton Community Unit School District 14	85.5%	1,201
Auburn Community Unit School District 10	91.3%	1,071
Community Unit School District 16	92.5%	843
Pawnee Community Unit School District 11	95.7%	554
Tri-City Community Unit School District 1	93.2%	543