Peoria Standard

There were 16,656 white students enrolled in Tazewell County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 89.3% of the 18,651 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 51 schools in Tazewell County County, Pekin Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,639 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 White students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pekin Community High School	90.4	1,814
Washington Community High School	87.3	1,464
Morton High School	89.8	1,044
East Peoria High School	83.2	938
Central Intermediate School	90.5	799
Central Primary School	89.1	549
Lincoln Elementary School	94.3	506
Wilson Intermediate School	87	547
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	95.1	465
Lincoln Grade School	90.9	483
Morton Junior High School	89.5	485
Central Junior High School	82.2	467
Washington Intermediate School	88.1	427
Grundy Elementary School	89.5	391
Washington Middle School	92.2	370
Broadmoor Junior High School	91.5	366
Lettie Brown Elementary School	89.3	356
Edison Junior High School	90.9	331
Jefferson Elementary School	84.1	346
Tremont High School	90.9	319
Jefferson Elementary School	81.8	346
Tremont Elementary School	92.2	306
Dee-Mack High School	96.2	288
Beverly Manor Elementary School	85.4	323
Tremont Middle School	92.9	280
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	90.7	270
Lasalle Elementary School	89.8	264
C.B. Smith Elementary School	89.4	254
Olympia West Elementary School	95.2	229
Delavan Elementary School	95.4	217
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	96.7	212
Willow Elementary School	84.8	230
Marquette Elementary School	88.8	214
Glendale Elementary School	87.9	215
Rankin Elementary School	90.4	208
Parkview Junior High School	86.2	217
South Pekin Elementary School	93.6	188
Midwest Central Middle School	97.6	170
Pekin Preschool Family Education Center	86.8	190
Scott Altman Primary School	92	174
L.E. Starke Elementary School	87.4	159
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	88.7	150
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	87.5	152
Delavan High School	93	142
Robein Elementary School	86.4	147
Dirksen Primary School	84.1	145
Lincoln Elementary School	23.5	506
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	82.8	134
Don D. Shute Elementary School	74.6	134
Delavan Junior High School	93.2	74
Spring Lake Elementary School	100	38