Peoria Standard

There were 1,809 white students enrolled in Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 welcomed 2,121 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Chillicothe.

Among the six schools in Illinois Valley Central Unit School District 321, Illinois Valley Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 543 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 %
2022	2,035	1,809	88.9%
2021	2,028	1,797	88.6%
2020	2,073	1,869	90.2%
2019	2,122	1,908	89.9%
2018	2,121	1,957	92.3%