Metro East Sun

There were 25,700 white students enrolled in Madison County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 71.7% of the 35,835 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 70 schools in Madison County County, Edwardsville High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,833 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 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.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsville High School	79.4	2,310
Granite City High School	64.1	1,813
Alton High School	57.9	1,953
Triad High School	92.7	1,211
Highland High School	95.6	904
Triad Middle School	94	884
Liberty Middle School	78.1	951
C.A. Henning School	88	811
Civic Memorial High School	89.5	753
Silver Creek Elementary School	91.5	728
Alton Middle School	51.7	1,283
Lincoln Middle School	78.1	775
Highland Primary School	94.2	590
Highland Middle School	94.5	577
Coolidge Junior High School	62.3	849
Dorris Intermediate School	53.4	927
Collinsville Middle School	52.7	935
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	87.6	557
Highland Elementary School	95.5	507
Grigsby Intermediate School	62.6	765
East Alton-Wood River High School	81.8	561
Roxana Senior High School	86.8	515
Prather Elementary School	63.2	674
South Primary School	84.7	471
Bethalto East Primary School	87	409
Albert Cassens Elementary	76.9	463
Woodland Elementary School	73.8	470
Eastwood Elementary School	78.6	426
Roxana Junior High School	87	377
Central Intermediate School	87.1	364
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	88.3	350
Goshen Elementary School	70.6	432
North Elementary School	52.8	574
Columbus Elementary School	79	377
Glen Carbon Elementary School	87.2	337
John A. Renfro Elementary School	56.7	517
Parkside Primary School	87.9	321
Worden Elementary School	92.6	283
Maryville Elementary School	64.8	389
LeClaire Elementary School	75.8	326
Mitchell Elementary School	60.4	391
Frohardt Elementary School	56.9	411
West Elementary School	53	432
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	70.9	323
Maryville Elementary School	56.6	389
Wilson Elementary School	55	393
St. Jacob Elementary School	98.1	216
East Elementary School	51.2	400
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	79.5	239
Webster Elementary School	60	305
East Alton Middle School	88.7	194
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	51.4	329
Alhambra Primary School	100	159
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	77.8	198
Hartford Elementary School	85.4	157
Marine Elementary School	97.7	131
Lovejoy Elementary School	49	247
Gilson Brown Elementary School	47.4	249
Midway School	91.2	125
Hamel Elementary School	97.4	114
Eunice Smith Elementary School	36	283
Washington Elementary School	77.3	119
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	95.2	83
Jefferson Elementary School	79.8	84
Summit Elementary School	65.3	98
Kreitner Elementary School	15.4	358
Bernard Long Elementary School	4.2	361
Venice Elementary School	0	80
Madison Junior High School	0	125
Madison Senior High School	0	161