Peoria Standard

There were 16,234 white students enrolled in Tazewell County County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Data showed that white students made up 88.5% of the 18,342 students during the 2022-23 school year. They were the most represented ethnicity in the county schools.

Among the 50 schools in Tazewell County County, Pekin Community High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,574 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	89.1	1,766
Washington Community High School	87.8	1,451
Morton High School	89.7	1,050
East Peoria High School	82.5	935
Central Intermediate School	91.5	739
Wilson Intermediate School	88	566
Lincoln Elementary School	92.8	525
Central Primary School	88.8	534
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	96.6	465
Lincoln Grade School	90.1	473
Morton Junior High School	87.5	480
Central Junior High School	81.8	461
Grundy Elementary School	89.2	415
Washington Intermediate School	86.3	388
Lettie Brown Elementary School	91.4	360
Washington Middle School	91.2	353
Broadmoor Junior High School	88.4	352
Beverly Manor Elementary School	87.8	336
Jefferson Elementary School	80.8	365
Tremont Middle School	91.1	304
Edison Junior High School	89.6	308
Tremont High School	89.2	306
Tremont Elementary School	88.5	296
C.B. Smith Elementary School	91.5	281
Dee-Mack High School	94.8	271
Jefferson Elementary School	66.8	365
Olympia West Elementary School	92.8	250
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	88.5	260
Glendale Elementary School	88.4	241
Lasalle Elementary School	84.8	250
Delavan Elementary School	94.1	221
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	97.6	206
Rankin Elementary School	91.5	212
Willow Elementary School	81	232
Parkview Junior High School	84.7	222
Marquette Elementary School	87.2	211
Midwest Central Middle School	96.6	177
South Pekin Elementary School	91.6	178
Scott Altman Primary School	92.1	164
Dirksen Primary School	85	173
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	86.3	161
L.E. Starke Elementary School	89	154
Robein Elementary School	87.1	155
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	87.8	147
Don D. Shute Elementary School	70.1	164
Delavan High School	92.7	123
Lincoln Elementary School	20.8	525
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	81.3	123
Delavan Junior High School	95.6	68
Spring Lake Elementary School	97.4	39