Metro East Sun

There were 134 white students enrolled in Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 in the 2021-22 school year, 12.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 welcomed 3,433 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 4.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the district.

Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 roughly covers schools within St. Clair County and has a main office in Cahokia.

Among the eight schools in Cahokia Community Unit School District 187, Estelle Sauget School of Choice recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 33 students.

In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022	3,013	134	4.4%
2021	3,143	153	4.9%
2020	3,261	159	4.9%
2019	3,365	185	5.5%
2018	3,433	213	6.2%