Mount Pulaski Community Unit School District 23 had $10.1 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 516 students in the 2023-24 school year, that debt amounts to approximately $1,962,080 per student.
White students made up the largest share of the student body at 93.8% (484), followed by Hispanic students at 2.3% as the second-largest group, with 12 students.
The school district, located in Logan County, ranked 306th among Illinois school districts based on the total outstanding debt in the 2023-24 school year. That represents 38.9% of the district's borrowing capacity, which is determined by its Equalized Assessed Value (EAV), the taxable property value that sets legal deb