Tad Everett, Superintendent at Sterling Community Unit District 5 | https://www.sterlingpublicschools.org/
Tad Everett, Superintendent at Sterling Community Unit District 5 | https://www.sterlingpublicschools.org/
Data showed that Asian students made up 0.3% of the 8,181 students in the county. They were the least represented ethnicity.
Among the nine districts in Whiteside County, Sterling Community Unit School District 5 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 28 students.
The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Whiteside 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 | Asian Student Enrollment Percentage | Total enrollment |
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Sterling Community Unit School District 5 | 0.9% | 3,151 |
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