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Springfield School District 186

Springfield, Illinois · Superintendent: Dr. Terrance Jordan · #12 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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13,014

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,633

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Illinois median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Springfield School District 186 is a public school district based in Springfield, Illinois, serving 13,014 students in 34 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 383 students each, fewer than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Dr. Terrance Jordan. It spends about $17,633 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Springfield compares

SpringfieldIllinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,633

Illinois median $16,815 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,174

Illinois median $10,013 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school383

Illinois median 465 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Illinois median 13.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$268.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 41%Local 50%

Measure	Springfield	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,633	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,174	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$264.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$268.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,004	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,007	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.6	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr. Terrance Jordan

Superintendent, Springfield School District 186

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Waukegan CUSD 60Waukegan	13,640	22	$19,798	12.6	#11
Springfield School District 186Springfield · this district	13,014	34	$17,633	13.0	#12
Peoria School District 150Peoria	12,913	30	$18,089	15.0	#13
Township HSD 211Palatine	12,458	7	$24,270	14.8	#14
McLean County USD 5Normal	12,407	26	$16,321	14.4	#15

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Madison CountyJackson, TN	13,017	$9,946	n/a
Bullitt CountyShepherdsville, KY	13,007	$10,867	17.1
San Angelo ISDSan Angelo, TX	13,004	$9,161	15.5
OxnardOxnard, CA	13,003	$14,611	20.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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