Hispanic students comprised 37.6% of Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99’s student body in the 2024-25 school year

Julie DeFore, District Superintendent at Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99
Julie DeFore, District Superintendent at Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99
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There were 236 Hispanic students enrolled in Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 in the 2024-25 school year, 6.8% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 welcomed 628 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 37.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 roughly covers schools within Bureau County and has a main office in Spring Valley.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School is the only one school in the Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 that recorded enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 236 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 Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 in the 2024-25 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Spring Valley Community Consolidated School District 99 Over 5 Years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students (%)
2024-2562823637.6%
2023-2461922135.7%
2022-2360621635.6%
2021-2261622236%
2020-2162122235.7%

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



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