Metro East Sun

There were 27,126 white students enrolled in Madison County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 70.5% of the 38,452 students in Madison County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 13 districts in Madison County, Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 5,771 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Madison 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7	78.8%	7,328
Triad Community Unit School District 2	92.3%	3,981
Granite City Community Unit School District 9	61.4%	5,739
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10	53.8%	6,035
Alton Community Unit School District 11	52.9%	5,800
Highland Community Unit School District 5	95.3%	2,820
Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8	88.2%	2,390
Roxana Community Unit School District 1	86.3%	1,727
East Alton School District 13	81.1%	739
Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15	80.5%	594
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14	81.8%	561
Madison Community Unit School District 12	3.6%	658
Venice Community Unit School District 3	0%	80