Metro East Sun

There were 2,383 multiracial 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 multiracial students made up 6.2% of the 38,221 students in St. Clair County during the 2021-22 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity.

Among the 27 districts in St. Clair County, Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 353 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19	8.5%	4,154
Belleville School District 118	8.7%	3,395
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	7.5%	3,799
Belleville Township High School District 201	4.5%	4,773
O'Fallon Township High School District 203	8.2%	2,497
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187	4.9%	3,013
Belle Valley School District 119	12.7%	980
Whiteside School District 115	10.4%	1,174
Harmony Emge School District 175	10.7%	766
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105	12%	665
Central School District 104	12.9%	552
Wolf Branch School District 113	9.4%	733
Dupo Community Unit School District 196	6.7%	941
High Mount School District 116	13.3%	345
Lebanon Community Unit School District 9	9.2%	501
Shiloh Village School District 85	5.9%	546
Grant Community Consolidated School District 110	5.2%	534
Signal Hill School District 181	8.4%	298
East St. Louis School District 189	0.5%	4,618
Marissa Community Unit School District 40	4%	506
Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160	2.6%	720
Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70	1.7%	777
Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130	2%	553
Freeburg Community High School District 77	1.5%	677
Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188	0%	171
New Athens Community Unit School District 60	0%	483
St. Libory Consolidated School District 30	0%	50