Chambana Sun

There were 6,808 white students enrolled in Vermilion County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 62% of the 10,989 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 12 districts in Vermilion County, Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,461 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Vermilion 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
Danville Community Consolidated School District 118	30.8%	4,738
Westville Community Unit School District 2	87%	1,142
Hoopeston Area Community Unit School District 11	73.8%	1,076
Salt Fork Community Unit School District 512	92.1%	861
Oakwood Community Unit School District 76	88.9%	820
Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4	86%	834
Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District	88.6%	544
Bismarck-Henning Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School	85.4%	363
Rossville-Alvin Community Unit School District 7	82.1%	280
Potomac Community Unit School District 10	90.1%	131
Armstrong Township High School District 225	91.2%	114
Armstrong-Ellis Consolidated School District 61	88.4%	86