Metro East Sun

There were 459 white students enrolled in East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 in the 2021-22 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 welcomed 572 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 81.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 roughly covers schools within Madison County and has a main office in Wood River.

East Alton-Wood River High School is the only one school in the East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 459 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	561	459	81.8%
2021	570	483	84.7%
2020	570	494	86.7%
2019	606	522	86.1%
2018	572	500	87.4%