Peoria Standard

There were 240 white students enrolled in Monroe School District 70 in the 2021-22 school year, 4.4% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Monroe School District 70 welcomed 289 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Monroe School District 70 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Bartonville.

Monroe Elementary School is the only one school in the Monroe School District 70 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 240 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	282	240	85.1%
2021	298	251	84.2%
2020	301	254	84.4%
2019	322	270	83.9%
2018	289	250	86.5%