Peoria Standard

There were 637 Hispanic 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 Hispanic students made up 3.5% of the 18,342 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the third most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 50 schools in Tazewell County County, Pekin Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 70 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pekin Community High School	4	1,766
East Peoria High School	7.1	935
Washington Community High School	4.3	1,451
Morton High School	3.9	1,050
Morton Junior High School	6	480
Central Intermediate School	3.8	739
Wilson Intermediate School	4.2	566
Central Junior High School	5	461
Washington Intermediate School	5.7	388
Jefferson Elementary School	6	365
Central Primary School	3.7	534
Jefferson Elementary School	5.5	365
Tremont High School	6.2	306
Lincoln Grade School	3.8	473
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	6.9	260
Willow Elementary School	7.3	232
Beverly Manor Elementary School	4.8	336
Broadmoor Junior High School	4.5	352
Grundy Elementary School	3.4	415
Lincoln Elementary School	2.5	525
Don D. Shute Elementary School	7.9	164
Lincoln Elementary School	2.3	525
Edison Junior High School	3.9	308
Parkview Junior High School	5	222
Lettie Brown Elementary School	2.8	360
Washington Middle School	2.8	353
Glendale Elementary School	4.1	241
C.B. Smith Elementary School	0	281
L.E. Starke Elementary School	0	154
Lasalle Elementary School	0	250
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
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	0	147
Marquette Elementary School	0	211
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