There were 23,353 white students enrolled in Madison County public schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.8% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Data showed that white students made up 68.2% of the 34,256 students during the 2024-25 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.
Among the 68 schools in Madison County, Edwardsville High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 1,721 students.
As of the 2024-25 school year, Illinois public schools served just under 1.85 million K-12 students statewide, continuing a slow decline in enrollment from previous years. During that same period, the state recorded a student-teacher ratio of about 17:1 as full-time equivalent teachers rose to a record 137,899.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state’s demographic changes. Between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately two million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 153,000 students or 7.6%.
| School name | % of White students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville High School | 73.9% | 2,329 |
| Triad High School | 89.7% | 1,209 |
| Granite City High School | 59.7% | 1,653 |
| Alton High School | 54.8% | 1,753 |
| Triad Middle School | 89.8% | 940 |
| Highland High School | 89.8% | 836 |
| C.A. Henning School | 87% | 797 |
| Liberty Middle School | 76.5% | 891 |
| Civic Memorial High School | 87% | 754 |
| Alton Middle School | 51.7% | 1,188 |
| Silver Creek Elementary School | 89.7% | 678 |
| Highland Middle School | 93.8% | 612 |
| Lincoln Middle School | 75.2% | 730 |
| Wilbur Trimpe Middle School | 87.4% | 554 |
| Highland Primary School | 88.9% | 540 |
| Highland Elementary School | 91.7% | 503 |
| Coolidge Junior High School | 54.4% | 825 |
| Collinsville Middle School | 49.9% | 883 |
| Dorris Intermediate School | 48.4% | 865 |
| Roxana Senior High School | 85% | 492 |
| Grigsby Intermediate School | 52.5% | 792 |
| East Alton-Wood River High School | 78.4% | 515 |
| Albert Cassens Elementary | 72.8% | 481 |
| South Primary School | 77.8% | 445 |
| Bethalto East Primary School | 85.1% | 383 |
| Roxana Junior High School | 83.5% | 388 |
| Central Intermediate School | 82.1% | 369 |
| Meadowbrook Intermediate School | 88.3% | 343 |
| Prather Elementary School | 50.2% | 604 |
| Woodland Elementary School | 68% | 425 |
| Columbus Elementary School | 78.4% | 366 |
| Eastwood Elementary School | 73.1% | 391 |
| Maryville Elementary School | 69.9% | 402 |
| Goshen Elementary School | 68.1% | 411 |
| Parkside Primary School | 86.6% | 321 |
| John A. Renfro Elementary School | 52.8% | 498 |
| North Elementary School | 48.7% | 524 |
| Glen Carbon Elementary School | 75.2% | 331 |
| Mitchell Elementary School | 56.8% | 417 |
| Frohardt Elementary School | 53.1% | 435 |
| St. Jacob Elementary School | 96.6% | 236 |
| Worden Elementary School | 89.1% | 248 |
| LeClaire Elementary School | 74.3% | 288 |
| Maryville Elementary School | 50% | 402 |
| Wilson Elementary School | 43.4% | 447 |
| N.O. Nelson Elementary School | 66.4% | 292 |
| West Elementary School | 43.4% | 424 |
| East Elementary School | 44% | 409 |
| Webster Elementary School | 51.4% | 346 |
| Lewis-Clark Elementary School | 75% | 232 |
| Alhambra Primary School | 96.2% | 156 |
| East Alton Middle School | 78.5% | 181 |
| Lewis-Clark Junior High School | 81.4% | 167 |
| Hartford Elementary School | 79.1% | 172 |
| Hamel Elementary School | 94.8% | 134 |
| Marine Elementary School | 94.7% | 133 |
| Lewis and Clark Elementary School | 47.7% | 243 |
| Lovejoy Elementary School | 47.6% | 229 |
| Midway School | 93.3% | 104 |
| Eunice Smith Elementary School | 42.9% | 191 |
| Gilson Brown Elementary School | 45.8% | 177 |
| Summit Elementary School | 59.8% | 112 |
| Grantfork Upper Elementary School | 96.8% | 63 |
| Kreitner Elementary School | 15.6% | 377 |
| Bernard Long Elementary School | 3% | 331 |
| Venice Elementary School | 0% | 60 |
| Madison Junior High School | 0% | 116 |
| Madison Senior High School | 0% | 132 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Illinois State Board of Education. The source data can be found here.
