Belleville High School-West

Located at 4063 Frank Scott Pkwy W, in Belleville, Illinois, Belleville High School-West is a big senior high that caters to 2,118 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Belleville Twp HSD 201. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Belleville High School-West sits 154% bigger than that benchmark.

Belleville Twp HSD 201 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 4,718 students. Belleville High School-West is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Belleville High School-West records that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, St. Clair County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 134 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Belleville High School-West higher than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Belleville High School-West sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 26.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put median household earnings sit near $73,854, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Belleville High School-West is one of 96 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 40,879 students).

Union Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belleville High School-West. On composite proficiency, Belleville High School-West comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.

Belleville High School-West operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 2,066 students in 2018 compared to 2,118 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Belleville High School-West community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.