Metro East Sun

There were 32 Pacific Islander 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 Pacific Islander students made up 0.1% of the 38,221 students in St. Clair County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity.

Among the 27 districts in St. Clair County, Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 19 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 Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19	0.5%	4,154
Belleville Township High School District 201	0.3%	4,773
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70	0%	777
Freeburg Community High School District 77	0%	677
Harmony Emge School District 175	0%	766
High Mount School District 116	0%	345
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	0%	3,799
O'Fallon Township High School District 203	0%	2,497
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187	0%	3,013
Central School District 104	0%	552
Belle Valley School District 119	0%	980
Belleville School District 118	0%	3,395
Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188	0%	171
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9	0%	501
East St. Louis School District 189	0%	4,618
New Athens Community Unit School District 60	0%	483
Marissa Community Unit School District 40	0%	506
Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160	0%	720
Shiloh Village School District 85	0%	546
Signal Hill School District 181	0%	298
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130	0%	553
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30	0%	50
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105	0%	665
Whiteside School District 115	0%	1,174
Wolf Branch School District 113	0%	733
Dupo Community Unit School District 196	0%	941
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110	0%	534