Metro East Sun

There were 15,698 Black students enrolled in St. Clair County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 41.1% of the 38,221 students in St. Clair County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second most represented ethnicity.

Among the 27 districts in St. Clair County, East St. Louis School District 189 recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 4,469 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with St. Clair County.

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 3% 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.

District	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
East St. Louis School District 189	96.8	4,618
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187	88.6	3,013
Belleville Township High School District 201	45.3	4,773
Belleville School District 118	48.1	3,395
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	17.6	3,799
Whiteside School District 115	54.2	1,174
O'Fallon Township High School District 203	22.4	2,497
Belle Valley School District 119	57	980
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19	10.4	4,154
Harmony Emge School District 175	46.6	766
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105	44.8	665
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110	41.8	534
Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188	99.4	171
Central School District 104	30.4	552
Signal Hill School District 181	48.3	298
Wolf Branch School District 113	19.6	733
High Mount School District 116	36.8	345
Shiloh Village School District 85	20.5	546
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9	16.6	501
Dupo Community Unit School District 196	6.5	941
Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160	3.5	720
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70	0	777
Freeburg Community High School District 77	0	677
New Athens Community Unit School District 60	0	483
Marissa Community Unit School District 40	0	506
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130	0	553
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30	0	50