Peoria Standard

There were 1,112 Asian students enrolled in Peoria County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Asian students made up 4.2% of the 26,728 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 65 schools in Peoria County, Hickory Grove Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 342 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 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	% of Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Hickory Grove Elementary School	42.3	808
Dunlap High School	18.1	1,346
Dunlap Middle School	30.9	528
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	21.6	380
Dunlap Valley Middle School	15	539
Ridgeview Elementary School	16.9	431
Banner Elementary School	16.7	323
Richwoods High School	3.1	1,446
Washington Gifted School	6	285
Dunlap Grade School	4.2	259
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	0	353
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	0	268
Charter Oak Primary School	0	313
Chillicothe Elementary Center	0	153
Chillicothe Junior High School	0	251
Limestone Community High School	0	882
Limestone Walters Elementary School	0	194
Lincoln School	0	684
South Elementary School	0	410
Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center	0	476
Von Steuben Middle School	0	312
Rolling Acres Middle School	0	379
Roosevelt Magnet School	0	603
Illinois Valley Central High School	0	619
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	0	400
Illini Bluffs High School	0	253
Illini Bluffs Middle School	0	193
Harrison Community Learning Center	0	513
Hines Primary School	0	421
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	0	131
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	0	369
Whittier Primary School	0	290
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	0	378
Farmington Central Elementary School	0	603
Farmington Central High School	0	352
Farmington Central Junior High School	0	287
Franklin Primary School	0	409
Quest Charter School Academy	0	476
Bartonville Elementary School	0	274
Brimfield Grade School	0	429
Brimfield High School	0	206
Manual Academy	0	609
Mark W. Bills Middle School	0	262
Northmoor Primary School	0	324
Norwood Elementary School	0	163
Norwood Primary School	0	223
Sterling Middle School	0	428
Elmwood Elementary School	0	347
Elmwood High School	0	162
Elmwood Junior High School	0	117
Trewyn Primary School	0	376
Oak Grove School	0	263
Kellar Primary School	0	332
Peoria Heights Grade School	0	505
Peoria Heights High School	0	211
Peoria High School	0	1,337
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	0	186
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	0	191
Pleasant Valley Middle School	0	251
Princeville Elementary School	0	330
Princeville High School	0	344
Monroe Elementary School	0	282
Mossville Elementary School	0	403
Mossville Junior High	0	180
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	0	676