Peoria Standard

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

Of the 18,493 students attending Tazewell County district schools, 89.1% were white. Multi-racial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 4.1% of Tazewell County's districts students.

In the previous school year, white students were the most common group in Tazewell County districts, representing 89.3% of the student body.

Pekin Public School District 108 had the most diverse student body in the Tazewell County, including American Indian, Asian, African American, Hispanic, Multi-racial, and white.

In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public school districts in the county increased 0.1% when compared to the previous year.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Tazewell County.

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.

District	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrolment
Central School District 51	White	89.9%	1,348
Creve Coeur School District 76	White	88.1%	481
Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701	White	95.8%	965
Delavan Community Unit School District 703	White	94.2%	433
District 50 Schools	White	87.9%	593
East Peoria Community High School District 309	White	83.2%	938
East Peoria School District 86	White	83.6%	1,398
Morton Community Unit School District 709	White	89.6%	3,140
North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102	White	88.5%	443
Pekin Consolidated School District 303	White	90.4%	1,814
Pekin Public School District 108	White	88.6%	3,137
Rankin Community School District 98	White	90.4%	208
Robein School District 85	White	86.4%	147
South Pekin School District 137	White	93.6%	188
Spring Lake Community Consolidated School District 606	White	100%	38
Tremont Community Unit School District 702	White	91.9%	905
Washington Community High School District 308	White	87.3%	1,464
Washington School District 52	White	91.4%	853