Peoria Standard

There were 2,754 white students enrolled in Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 in the 2021-22 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 welcomed 4,487 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 59.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Dunlap.

Among the eight schools in Dunlap Community Unit School District 323, Dunlap High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 880 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	4,614	2,754	59.7%
2021	4,577	2,781	60.8%
2020	4,541	2,806	61.8%
2019	4,522	2,825	62.5%
2018	4,487	2,876	64.1%