Metro East Sun

There were 2,088 white students enrolled in Belleville Township High School District 201 in the 2021-22 school year, 4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Belleville Township High School District 201 welcomed 4,735 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 43.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Belleville Township High School District 201 roughly covers schools within St. Clair County and has a main office in Belleville.

Among the two schools in Belleville Township High School District 201, Belleville East High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,020 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	4,773	2,088	43.7%
2021	4,657	2,176	46.7%
2020	4,676	2,263	48.4%
2019	4,735	2,306	48.7%
2018	4,735	2,274	48%