Peoria Standard

There were 2,813 white students enrolled in Morton Community Unit School District 709 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Morton Community Unit School District 709 welcomed 3,073 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Morton Community Unit School District 709 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County and has a main office in Morton.

Among the six schools in Morton Community Unit School District 709, Morton High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 937 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	3,140	2,813	89.6%
2021	3,069	2,765	90.1%
2020	3,090	2,805	90.8%
2019	3,087	2,794	90.5%
2018	3,073	2,784	90.6%