Metro East Sun

There were 365 Asian 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 Asian students made up 0.9% of the 38,452 students in Madison County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity.

Among the 13 districts in Madison County, Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 193 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7	2.6%	7,328
Highland Community Unit School District 5	1.6%	2,820
Alton Community Unit School District 11	0.6%	5,800
Granite City Community Unit School District 9	0.6%	5,739
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10	0.5%	6,035
Triad Community Unit School District 2	0.7%	3,981
Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8	0%	2,390
East Alton School District 13	0%	739
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14	0%	561
Roxana Community Unit School District 1	0%	1,727
Madison Community Unit School District 12	0%	658
Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15	0%	594
Venice Community Unit School District 3	0%	80