Peoria Standard

There were 1,212 white students enrolled in Central School District 51 in the 2021-22 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Central School District 51 welcomed 1,377 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Central School District 51 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County and has a main office in Washington.

Among the two schools in Central School District 51, Central Intermediate School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 723 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	1,348	1,212	89.9%
2021	1,339	1,208	90.2%
2020	1,406	1,272	90.5%
2019	1,396	1,262	90.4%
2018	1,377	1,234	89.6%