Peoria Standard

There were 780 white students enrolled in East Peoria Community High School District 309 in the 2021-22 school year, 6.9% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that East Peoria Community High School District 309 welcomed 988 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

East Peoria Community High School District 309 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County and has a main office in East Peoria.

East Peoria High School is the only one school in the East Peoria Community High School District 309 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 780 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	938	780	83.2%
2021	995	838	84.2%
2020	994	840	84.5%
2019	988	839	84.9%
2018	988	843	85.3%