Morton Community Unit School District 709 Principal Craig Smock (2023) | Morton Community Unit School District 709
Morton Community Unit School District 709 Principal Craig Smock (2023) | Morton Community Unit School District 709
Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 89.6% of the Morton Community Unit School District 709's total enrollment.
Among the 18 districts in Tazewell County, Pekin Public School District 108 ranked second in enrollment numbers with 3,137 students, while Pekin Consolidated School District 303 welcomed 1,814 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.
Morton Community Unit School District 709 roughly covers schools within Tazewell County with its main office in Morton.
In the previous school year, Pekin Public School District 108 had the highest number of students among Tazewell County districts.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of almost 4,000 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 several years, influenced by demographic changes. Between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school years, public and private K-12 enrollment fell by 3% (60,900 students), a significantly larger decline than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual decreases seen in the state over the last five years.
District | City (main office) | Total Enrollment |
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Morton Community Unit School District 709 | Morton | 3,140 |
Pekin Public School District 108 | Pekin | 3,137 |
Pekin Consolidated School District 303 | Pekin | 1,814 |
Washington Community High School District 308 | Washington | 1,464 |
East Peoria School District 86 | East Peoria | 1,398 |
Central School District 51 | Washington | 1,348 |
Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701 | Mackinaw | 965 |
East Peoria Community High School District 309 | East Peoria | 938 |
Tremont Community Unit School District 702 | Tremont | 905 |
Washington School District 52 | Washington | 853 |
District 50 Schools | Washington | 593 |
Creve Coeur School District 76 | Creve Coeur | 481 |
North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102 | Marquette Heights | 443 |
Delavan Community Unit School District 703 | Delavan | 433 |
Rankin Community School District 98 | Pekin | 208 |
South Pekin School District 137 | South Pekin | 188 |
Robein School District 85 | East Peoria | 147 |
Spring Lake Community Consolidated School District 606 | Manito | 38 |
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