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St. Clair County Education: 452 Asian students enrolled in school districts in 2023-24 school year

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Carrie Hruby, Superintendent at O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 | https://millikin.edu/

Carrie Hruby, Superintendent at O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 | https://millikin.edu/

There were 452 Asian students enrolled in St. Clair County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 2% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that Asian students made up 1.2% of the 37,909 students in the county. They were the third least represented ethnicity.

Among the 27 districts in St. Clair County, O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 103 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with St. Clair County.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

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.

Ethnic Composition of St. Clair County School Districts Enrollment (2023-24)

Black [41.4%]White [44.7%]Hispanic [5.3%]Multiracial [6.9%]Ethnicities <5 [1.3%]
Enrollment Demographics in St. Clair County Districts During 2023-24 School Year
DistrictAsian Student Enrollment PercentageTotal enrollment
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 902.6%3,952
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 191.8%4,177
O'Fallon Township High School District 2032.6%2,510
Belleville Township High School District 2011.1%4,676
Central School District 1044.5%622
Wolf Branch School District 1133.5%779
Belleville School District 1180.8%3,303
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 1053.1%607
Shiloh Village School District 853.3%545
Freeburg Community High School District 772%661
Belle Valley School District 1191.4%961
Whiteside School District 1151%1,158

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