Peoria Standard

Pekin Community High School had the highest enrollment among Tazewell County schools, welcoming 1,814 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51% of them were boys, and 49% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 90.4% of the student body at Pekin Community High School.

Among the 51 schools in Tazewell County, Washington Community High School ranked second in enrollment with 1,464 students, while Morton High School welcomed 1,044 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Pekin Community High School is a part of Pekin Consolidated School District 303, which generally encompasses schools within Tazewell County with its main office in Pekin.

In the previous school year, Pekin Community High School had the highest number of students among Tazewell County schools.

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	City	Total Enrolment
Pekin Community High School	Pekin	1,814
Washington Community High School	Washington	1,464
Morton High School	Morton	1,044
East Peoria High School	East Peoria	938
Central Intermediate School	Washington	799
Central Primary School	Washington	549
Wilson Intermediate School	Pekin	547
Lincoln Elementary School	Morton	506
Morton Junior High School	Morton	485
Lincoln Grade School	Washington	483
Central Junior High School	East Peoria	467
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	Mackinaw	465
Washington Intermediate School	Pekin	427
Grundy Elementary School	Morton	391
Washington Middle School	Washington	370
Broadmoor Junior High School	Pekin	366
Lettie Brown Elementary School	Morton	356
Jefferson Elementary School	Morton	346
Edison Junior High School	Pekin	331
Beverly Manor Elementary School	Washington	323
Tremont High School	Tremont	319
Jefferson Elementary School	Pekin	314
Tremont Elementary School	Tremont	306
Dee-Mack High School	Mackinaw	288
Tremont Middle School	Tremont	280
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	Washington	270
Lasalle Elementary School	Creve Coeur	264
C.B. Smith Elementary School	Pekin	254
Willow Elementary School	Pekin	230
Delavan Elementary School	Delavan	217
Parkview Junior High School	Creve Coeur	217
Glendale Elementary School	East Peoria	215
Marquette Elementary School	Marquette Heights	214
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	Deer Creek	212
Rankin Elementary School	Pekin	208
Pekin Preschool Family Education Center	Pekin	190
South Pekin Elementary School	South Pekin	188
Scott Altman Primary School	Pekin	174
L.E. Starke Elementary School	Pekin	159
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	East Peoria	152
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	East Peoria	150
Robein Elementary School	East Peoria	147
Lincoln Elementary School	East Peoria	146
Dirksen Primary School	Pekin	145
Delavan High School	Delavan	142
Don D. Shute Elementary School	East Peoria	134
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	East Peoria	134
Delavan Junior High School	Delavan	74
Spring Lake Elementary School	Manito	38