Metro East Sun

There were 24,712 white students enrolled in Madison County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 70.2% of the 35,192 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 69 schools in Madison County County, Edwardsville High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,797 students.

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.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsville High School	77.8	2,310
Triad High School	90.1	1,195
Alton High School	55.9	1,905
Granite City High School	61.2	1,729
Triad Middle School	91.4	899
Highland High School	91.2	850
C.A. Henning School	89.1	836
Liberty Middle School	77	893
Civic Memorial High School	89.5	733
Alton Middle School	51.8	1,223
Lincoln Middle School	77	819
Silver Creek Elementary School	90.3	690
Highland Middle School	92.5	603
Highland Primary School	92.9	588
Coolidge Junior High School	62.2	837
Collinsville Middle School	53.4	938
Highland Elementary School	91.5	515
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	87.6	531
Dorris Intermediate School	52.2	880
Grigsby Intermediate School	58	783
Roxana Senior High School	87.2	506
East Alton-Wood River High School	82.2	518
South Primary School	83.7	454
Albert Cassens Elementary	80.1	472
Prather Elementary School	54.8	639
Roxana Junior High School	89.4	367
Eastwood Elementary School	79.1	406
Bethalto East Primary School	86.8	357
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	88	351
Woodland Elementary School	70.3	438
Central Intermediate School	87.4	348
North Elementary School	53	574
Goshen Elementary School	64.2	466
Columbus Elementary School	79.4	369
Parkside Primary School	88.4	328
John A. Renfro Elementary School	54.6	513
Glen Carbon Elementary School	87.3	314
Maryville Elementary School	66.3	412
Wilson Elementary School	57.8	448
Worden Elementary School	92.7	274
LeClaire Elementary School	75.4	329
Maryville Elementary School	57.8	412
Mitchell Elementary School	60.3	383
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	70	307
St. Jacob Elementary School	98.2	217
Frohardt Elementary School	52.6	392
East Elementary School	47.9	426
West Elementary School	48.7	415
Webster Elementary School	53.9	347
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	78.5	228
East Alton Middle School	84	181
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	78.7	188
Alhambra Primary School	94.9	156
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	49.1	289
Hartford Elementary School	80.1	166
Lovejoy Elementary School	50.8	254
Marine Elementary School	93.4	136
Gilson Brown Elementary School	42.3	260
Eunice Smith Elementary School	39.4	274
Midway School	89.7	117
Hamel Elementary School	97.1	104
Jefferson Elementary School	82.6	86
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	96.9	64
Summit Elementary School	65.9	91
Kreitner Elementary School	14.8	372
Bernard Long Elementary School	3.2	370
Venice Elementary School	0	92
Madison Junior High School	0	109
Madison Senior High School	0	148