Metro East Sun

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.

District	Asian Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90	2.6%	3,952
Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19	1.8%	4,177
O'Fallon Township High School District 203	2.6%	2,510
Belleville Township High School District 201	1.1%	4,676
Central School District 104	4.5%	622
Wolf Branch School District 113	3.5%	779
Belleville School District 118	0.8%	3,303
Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105	3.1%	607
Shiloh Village School District 85	3.3%	545
Freeburg Community High School District 77	2%	661
Belle Valley School District 119	1.4%	961
Whiteside School District 115	1%	1,158