Peoria Standard

There were 1,162 white students enrolled in Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 in the 2021-22 school year, 2.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 welcomed 1,380 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Farmington.

Among the three schools in Farmington Central Community Unit School District 265, Farmington Central Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 563 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	1,242	1,162	93.6%
2021	1,204	1,133	94.1%
2020	1,318	1,240	94.1%
2019	1,372	1,295	94.4%
2018	1,380	1,300	94.2%