Metro East Sun

There were 2,298 multiracial 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 multiracial students made up 6% of the 38,452 students in Madison County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third least represented ethnicity.

Among the 13 districts in Madison County, Alton Community Unit School District 11 recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 691 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Alton Community Unit School District 11	11.9%	5,800
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7	6.4%	7,328
Granite City Community Unit School District 9	6%	5,739
Collinsville Community Unit School District 10	5.5%	6,035
Triad Community Unit School District 2	3.1%	3,981
Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 8	4.5%	2,390
Roxana Community Unit School District 1	5.3%	1,727
Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15	8.2%	594
East Alton School District 13	4.6%	739
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14	5.3%	561
Madison Community Unit School District 12	2%	658
Highland Community Unit School District 5	0.4%	2,820
Venice Community Unit School District 3	0%	80