Peoria Standard

There were 2,476 white students enrolled in Peoria School District 150 in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Peoria School District 150 welcomed 13,222 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 19.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Peoria School District 150 roughly covers schools within Peoria County and has a main office in Peoria.

Among the 25 schools in Peoria School District 150, Richwoods High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 589 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	12,667	2,476	19.5%
2021	12,408	2,440	19.7%
2020	12,864	2,595	20.2%
2019	12,867	2,582	20.1%
2018	13,222	2,773	21%