Metro East Sun

There were 2,849 white students enrolled in Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.9% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 welcomed 4,037 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 68.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 roughly covers schools within St. Clair County and has a main office in Mascoutah.

Among the five schools in Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19, Mascoutah High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 869 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	4,154	2,849	68.6%
2021	3,946	2,716	68.8%
2020	4,143	2,885	69.6%
2019	4,172	3,030	72.6%
2018	4,037	2,862	70.9%