Metro East Sun

There were 348 white students enrolled in Whiteside School District 115 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Whiteside School District 115 welcomed 1,279 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 29.6% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Whiteside School District 115 roughly covers schools within St. Clair County and has a main office in Belleville.

Among the two schools in Whiteside School District 115, Whiteside Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 210 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	1,174	348	29.6%
2021	1,182	334	28.3%
2020	1,285	392	30.5%
2019	1,289	397	30.8%
2018	1,279	419	32.8%