Peoria Standard

There were 392 white students enrolled in North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 welcomed 574 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County and has a main office in Marquette Heights.

Marquette Elementary School is the only one school in the North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 that recorded enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 190 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	443	392	88.5%
2021	438	386	88.1%
2020	495	442	89.3%
2019	547	487	89%
2018	574	513	89.4%