Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 had $19.5 million in long-term school debt as of fiscal year 2024, according to the Illinois State Board of Education .

Based on the school district's enrollment of 1,273 students in the 2023-24 school year, that debt amounts to approximately $1,529,850 per student.

White students made up the largest share of the student body at 93.1% (1,185), followed by multiracial students at 2.4% as the second-largest group, with 30 students.

The school district, located in Sangamon County, ranked 179th among Illinois school districts based on the total outstanding debt in the 2023-24 school year. That represents 49.9% of the district's borrowing capacity, which is determined by its Equalized Assessed Value (EAV), the taxable property value that set

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