Peoria Standard

Creve Coeur School District 76 welcomed 481 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

This is a 1.7% increase over the previous school year.

Lasalle Elementary School had the largest enrollment in the district with 264 students.

Creve Coeur School District 76 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County and has a main office in Creve Coeur.

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 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.