Peoria Standard

There were 165 Black students enrolled in Tazewell County County schools in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 0.9% of the 18,651 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 51 schools in Tazewell County County, Washington Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 26 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 Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Washington Community High School	1.8	1,464
East Peoria High School	2.5	938
Morton High School	2	1,044
Lasalle Elementary School	6.4	264
Central Junior High School	3	467
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	9	134
Lincoln Grade School	2.3	483
Pekin Community High School	0.6	1,814
Lincoln Elementary School	2	506
Jefferson Elementary School	2.9	346
Parkview Junior High School	4.6	217
Tremont High School	0	319
C.B. Smith Elementary School	0	254
Central Intermediate School	0	799
Central Primary School	0	549
L.E. Starke Elementary School	0	159
Lettie Brown Elementary School	0	356
Lincoln Elementary School	0	506
Morton Junior High School	0	485
Scott Altman Primary School	0	174
South Pekin Elementary School	0	188
Spring Lake Elementary School	0	38
Robein Elementary School	0	147
Dee-Mack High School	0	288
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	0	212
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	0	465
Delavan Elementary School	0	217
Delavan High School	0	142
Delavan Junior High School	0	74
Dirksen Primary School	0	145
Don D. Shute Elementary School	0	134
Washington Intermediate School	0	427
Washington Middle School	0	370
Willow Elementary School	0	230
Wilson Intermediate School	0	547
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	0	150
Beverly Manor Elementary School	0	323
Broadmoor Junior High School	0	366
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	0	270
Jefferson Elementary School	0	346
Marquette Elementary School	0	214
Edison Junior High School	0	331
Tremont Elementary School	0	306
Tremont Middle School	0	280
Olympia West Elementary School	0	229
Pekin Preschool Family Education Center	0	190
Midwest Central Middle School	0	170
Rankin Elementary School	0	208
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	0	152
Glendale Elementary School	0	215
Grundy Elementary School	0	391