Metro East Sun

There were 17,709 white 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 white students made up 46.3% of the 38,221 students in St. Clair County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 27 districts in St. Clair County, Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 2,849 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19	68.6%	4,154
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	66.3%	3,799
Belleville Township High School District 201	43.7%	4,773
O'Fallon Township High School District 203	60.3%	2,497
Belleville School District 118	37.3%	3,395
Dupo Community Unit School District 196	82.5%	941
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70	93.8%	777
Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160	91.7%	720
Freeburg Community High School District 77	93.8%	677
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130	96.2%	553
New Athens Community Unit School District 60	96.5%	483
Marissa Community Unit School District 40	91.1%	506
Wolf Branch School District 113	62.1%	733
Shiloh Village School District 85	67.2%	546
Whiteside School District 115	29.6%	1,174
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9	67.1%	501
Harmony Emge School District 175	39.6%	766
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110	48.3%	534
Central School District 104	42.8%	552
Belle Valley School District 119	24.1%	980
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105	30.7%	665
High Mount School District 116	38.8%	345
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187	4.4%	3,013
Signal Hill School District 181	38.6%	298
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30	98%	50
East St. Louis School District 189	1%	4,618
Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188	0%	171