Metro East Sun

There were 1,267 white students enrolled in Belleville School District 118 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Belleville School District 118 welcomed 3,838 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Belleville School District 118 roughly covers schools within St. Clair County and has a main office in Belleville.

Among the 11 schools in Belleville School District 118, Westhaven Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 176 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	3,395	1,267	37.3%
2021	3,449	1,298	37.6%
2020	3,667	1,487	40.6%
2019	3,778	1,597	42.3%
2018	3,838	1,635	42.6%