Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Chair of the Board Dr. Steven Isoye (2023) | Illinois State Board of education
Data showed that Pleasant Valley School District 62 welcomed 502 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 33.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.
Pleasant Valley School District 62 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Peoria.
Among the two schools in Pleasant Valley School District 62, Pleasant Valley Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 88 students.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019-20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students % |
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2022 | 442 | 147 | 33.3% |
2021 | 453 | 149 | 32.9% |
2020 | 517 | 169 | 32.7% |
2019 | 469 | 153 | 32.6% |
2018 | 502 | 181 | 36.1% |