Peoria Standard

There were 682 multiracial 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 multiracial students made up 3.7% of the 18,651 students during the 2021-22 school year. They were the second most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 51 schools in Tazewell County County, Pekin Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in 2021-22 school year, with a total of 71 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 Multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pekin Community High School	3.9	1,814
Washington Community High School	4.7	1,464
East Peoria High School	7	938
Central Junior High School	8.4	467
Wilson Intermediate School	5.9	547
Washington Intermediate School	6.8	427
Central Primary School	4.7	549
Central Intermediate School	3	799
Morton High School	2.3	1,044
Grundy Elementary School	5.6	391
Jefferson Elementary School	6.1	346
Edison Junior High School	6	331
Morton Junior High School	3.7	485
Beverly Manor Elementary School	5.3	323
Marquette Elementary School	7.9	214
Lincoln Grade School	3.3	483
Washington Middle School	4.3	370
Don D. Shute Elementary School	11.2	134
Broadmoor Junior High School	3.8	366
Jefferson Elementary School	4	346
Lettie Brown Elementary School	3.7	356
Dirksen Primary School	8.3	145
Tremont Elementary School	3.9	306
C.B. Smith Elementary School	4.3	254
Lincoln Elementary School	2.2	506
Lincoln Elementary School	2.2	506
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	4.1	270
Parkview Junior High School	5.1	217
Pekin Preschool Family Education Center	5.3	190
Glendale Elementary School	4.7	215
Tremont High School	0	319
L.E. Starke Elementary School	0	159
Lasalle Elementary School	0	264
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
Willow Elementary School	0	230
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	0	150
Tremont Middle School	0	280
Olympia West Elementary School	0	229
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	0	134
Midwest Central Middle School	0	170
Rankin Elementary School	0	208
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	0	152