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There were 24,081 white students enrolled in Madison County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 69.7% of the 34,549 students during the 2023-24 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 69 schools in Madison County, Edwardsville High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,797 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School name	% of White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsville High School	77.1%	2,332
Triad High School	90.2%	1,177
Granite City High School	61.3%	1,703
Alton High School	55.1%	1,821
Triad Middle School	89.3%	947
Highland High School	90.6%	837
C.A. Henning School	88.9%	814
Liberty Middle School	78%	898
Civic Memorial High School	88.1%	747
Alton Middle School	53%	1,193
Silver Creek Elementary School	89.4%	695
Lincoln Middle School	74.8%	814
Highland Middle School	92.4%	607
Highland Primary School	91%	581
Coolidge Junior High School	60%	819
Collinsville Middle School	52.2%	928
Highland Elementary School	91.3%	517
Wilbur Trimpe Middle School	87.8%	532
Grigsby Intermediate School	55.8%	782
Roxana Senior High School	86.2%	493
Dorris Intermediate School	50.4%	806
East Alton-Wood River High School	79.2%	500
Albert Cassens Elementary	79%	482
South Primary School	83.5%	455
Prather Elementary School	55.6%	638
Woodland Elementary School	73.2%	436
Bethalto East Primary School	85.7%	371
Roxana Junior High School	85.1%	369
Meadowbrook Intermediate School	87.4%	358
Parkside Primary School	87%	339
Columbus Elementary School	80.5%	364
Goshen Elementary School	67.4%	427
Eastwood Elementary School	71.8%	400
North Elementary School	51.6%	545
Glen Carbon Elementary School	81.3%	343
Maryville Elementary School	71.2%	385
Central Intermediate School	84.5%	323
John A. Renfro Elementary School	54.1%	497
LeClaire Elementary School	74.4%	328
Wilson Elementary School	51.8%	461
Mitchell Elementary School	59.3%	400
Worden Elementary School	90.9%	253
St. Jacob Elementary School	99.5%	221
Maryville Elementary School	56.6%	385
West Elementary School	46.3%	449
Frohardt Elementary School	51.2%	400
N.O. Nelson Elementary School	70.6%	289
East Elementary School	43.6%	422
Webster Elementary School	53.8%	331
Lewis-Clark Elementary School	76.6%	231
Alhambra Primary School	95.2%	168
Lewis-Clark Junior High School	81.8%	170
East Alton Middle School	80.5%	169
Hartford Elementary School	79.2%	159
Marine Elementary School	94.6%	129
Lovejoy Elementary School	47.8%	249
Lewis and Clark Elementary School	46.2%	247
Hamel Elementary School	96.4%	112
Midway School	86.2%	109
Gilson Brown Elementary School	49.5%	182
Eunice Smith Elementary School	39.7%	184
Kreitner Elementary School	16.7%	377
Jefferson Elementary School	74.7%	79
Grantfork Upper Elementary School	98%	51
Summit Elementary School	62.3%	69
Venice Elementary School	0%	84
Bernard Long Elementary School	0%	339
Madison Junior High School	0%	107
Madison Senior High School	0%	128