Peoria Standard

There were 441 white students enrolled in Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325 in the 2021-22 school year, 7.9% less than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325 welcomed 768 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the district.

Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Peoria Heights.

Among the two schools in Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325, Peoria Heights Grade School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 306 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	716	441	61.6%
2021	737	479	65%
2020	724	488	67.4%
2019	774	534	69%
2018	768	523	68.1%