White students comprised 93.3% of Fairfield Community High School District 225’s student body in the 2024-25 school year

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson
Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson
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There were 406 white students enrolled in Fairfield Community High School District 225 in the 2024-25 school year, 1% fewer than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Fairfield Community High School District 225 welcomed 435 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.3% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Fairfield Community High School District 225 roughly covers schools within Wayne County and has a main office in Fairfield.

Fairfield Community High School is the only one school in the Fairfield Community High School District 225 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 406 students.

Nationwide, public K-12 education spending has approached roughly $857 billion, with average per-student spending near $17,000, funded primarily through state and local sources. Spending varies widely by state, and Illinois ranks above the national average, with roughly $22,000 spent per student when state, local, and federal funding are combined.

Illinois public school enrollment continues a long-term downward trend. According to statewide reporting and education data analyses, total enrollment fell to about 1.85 million students as of the 2023-24 school year, and major districts such as Chicago Public Schools saw further declines—for example, CPS reported a drop of more than 9,000 students between the 2024-25 and 2025-26 counts.

Ethnicities in Fairfield Community High School District 225 in the 2024-25 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Fairfield Community High School District 225 Over 5 Years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of White StudentsWhite students (%)
2024-2543540693.3%
2023-2444141093%
2022-2343440593.3%
2021-2242340295%
2020-2141439094.2%

Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois Report Card. The source data can be found here.



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