Peoria Standard

The majority of students in Tazewell County schools were white in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 18,252 students attending Tazewell County schools, 89.2% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3.7% of Tazewell County students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Tazewell County, representing 89.4% of the student body.

Morton High School, Pekin Community High School, and Washington Community High School had the most diverse student body in Tazewell County, including Asian, African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.3% when compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 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 3% 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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	White	87.5%	152
Beverly Manor Elementary School	White	85.4%	323
Broadmoor Junior High School	White	91.5%	366
C.B. Smith Elementary School	White	89.4%	254
Central Intermediate School	White	90.5%	799
Central Junior High School	White	82.2%	467
Central Primary School	White	89.1%	549
Dee-Mack High School	White	96.2%	288
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	White	96.7%	212
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	White	95.1%	465
Delavan Elementary School	White	95.4%	217
Delavan High School	White	93%	142
Delavan Junior High School	White	93.2%	74
Dirksen Primary School	White	84.1%	145
Don D. Shute Elementary School	White	74.6%	134
East Peoria High School	White	83.2%	938
Edison Junior High School	White	90.9%	331
Glendale Elementary School	White	87.9%	215
Grundy Elementary School	White	89.5%	391
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	White	90.7%	270
Jefferson Elementary School	White	90.1%	314
Jefferson Elementary School	White	84.1%	346
L.E. Starke Elementary School	White	87.4%	159
Lasalle Elementary School	White	89.8%	264
Lettie Brown Elementary School	White	89.3%	356
Lincoln Elementary School	White	94.3%	506
Lincoln Elementary School	White	81.5%	146
Lincoln Grade School	White	90.9%	483
Marquette Elementary School	White	88.8%	214
Morton High School	White	89.8%	1,044
Morton Junior High School	White	89.5%	485
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	White	82.8%	134
Parkview Junior High School	White	86.2%	217
Pekin Community High School	White	90.4%	1,814
Pekin Preschool Family Education Center	White	86.8%	190
Rankin Elementary School	White	90.4%	208
Robein Elementary School	White	86.4%	147
Scott Altman Primary School	White	92%	174
South Pekin Elementary School	White	93.6%	188
Spring Lake Elementary School	White	100%	38
Tremont Elementary School	White	92.2%	306
Tremont High School	White	90.9%	319
Tremont Middle School	White	92.9%	280
Washington Community High School	White	87.3%	1,464
Washington Intermediate School	White	88.1%	427
Washington Middle School	White	92.2%	370
Willow Elementary School	White	84.8%	230
Wilson Intermediate School	White	87%	547
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	White	88.7%	150