Peoria Standard

There were 153 Black students enrolled in Tazewell County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that Black students made up 0.8% of the 18,342 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the second least represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 50 schools in Tazewell County County, Central Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 20 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
Central Junior High School	4.3	461
Washington Community High School	1.3	1,451
East Peoria High School	2	935
Morton High School	1.7	1,050
Pekin Community High School	0.8	1,766
Lincoln Elementary School	2.7	525
Lasalle Elementary School	5.2	250
Lincoln Grade School	2.5	473
Jefferson Elementary School	3.3	365
Parkview Junior High School	5	222
Tremont High School	0	306
C.B. Smith Elementary School	0	281
Central Intermediate School	0	739
Central Primary School	0	534
L.E. Starke Elementary School	0	154
Lettie Brown Elementary School	0	360
Lincoln Elementary School	0	525
Morton Junior High School	0	480
Scott Altman Primary School	0	164
South Pekin Elementary School	0	178
Spring Lake Elementary School	0	39
Robein Elementary School	0	155
Dee-Mack High School	0	271
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	0	206
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	0	465
Delavan Elementary School	0	221
Delavan High School	0	123
Delavan Junior High School	0	68
Dirksen Primary School	0	173
Don D. Shute Elementary School	0	164
Washington Intermediate School	0	388
Washington Middle School	0	353
Willow Elementary School	0	232
Wilson Intermediate School	0	566
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	0	147
Beverly Manor Elementary School	0	336
Broadmoor Junior High School	0	352
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	0	260
Jefferson Elementary School	0	365
Marquette Elementary School	0	211
Edison Junior High School	0	308
Tremont Elementary School	0	296
Tremont Middle School	0	304
Olympia West Elementary School	0	250
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	0	123
Midwest Central Middle School	0	177
Rankin Elementary School	0	212
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	0	161
Glendale Elementary School	0	241
Grundy Elementary School	0	415