In 2013 the district announced that due to budget issues it planned to eliminate athletic programs.

[2] In June of that year the district board voted 6-0 to keep athletics and arts programs, but at the same time it voted to close two schools and consolidate other academic programs.

[3] Therefore the high school retained its academic programs.

[2] Eighty percent of Cahokia's graduates enroll in college or post-graduate training programs.

[4] As of 2006, the student body of the school was 85.1% black, 13.8% white, 0.9% Hispanic and 0.2% Asian/Pacific Islander.