Peoria Standard

The majority of students in Tazewell County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Of the 18,342 students attending Tazewell County schools, 88.5% were white. multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3.7% of Tazewell County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Tazewell County, representing 89.3% of the student body.

Morton High School, Pekin Community High School, and Washington Community High School had the most diverse student body in Tazewell County, including Asian, African American, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.6% compared to the previous year.

In the 2021-22 school year, Illinois had roughly 1.9 million students enrolled across approximately schools. There were more than 130,000 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Illinois has increased its state funding for public schools by $350 million, bringing the total to $8.6 billion for the upcoming year. This is in line with a 2017 law aiming to provide adequate funding to all schools by 2027.

However, experts suggest that this goal may be delayed unless education funding jumps to at least $550 million. According to a Center for Tax and Budget Accountability report, there’s currently a funding gap of about $2.3 billion.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Armstrong-Oakview Elementary School	White	86.3%	161
Beverly Manor Elementary School	White	87.8%	336
Broadmoor Junior High School	White	88.4%	352
C.B. Smith Elementary School	White	91.5%	281
Central Intermediate School	White	91.5%	739
Central Junior High School	White	81.8%	461
Central Primary School	White	88.8%	534
Dee-Mack High School	White	94.8%	271
Dee-Mack Intermediate School	White	97.6%	206
Dee-Mack Primary/Junior High	White	96.6%	465
Delavan Elementary School	White	94.1%	221
Delavan High School	White	92.7%	123
Delavan Junior High School	White	95.6%	68
Dirksen Primary School	White	85%	173
Don D. Shute Elementary School	White	70.1%	164
East Peoria High School	White	82.5%	935
Edison Junior High School	White	89.6%	308
Glendale Elementary School	White	88.4%	241
Grundy Elementary School	White	89.2%	415
J.L. Hensey Elementary School	White	88.5%	260
Jefferson Elementary School	White	83%	294
Jefferson Elementary School	White	80.8%	365
L.E. Starke Elementary School	White	89%	154
Lasalle Elementary School	White	84.8%	250
Lettie Brown Elementary School	White	91.4%	360
Lincoln Elementary School	White	92.8%	525
Lincoln Elementary School	White	79.6%	137
Lincoln Grade School	White	90.1%	473
Marquette Elementary School	White	87.2%	211
Midwest Central Middle School	White	96.6%	177
Morton High School	White	89.7%	1,050
Morton Junior High School	White	87.5%	480
Olympia West Elementary School	White	92.8%	250
P.L. Bolin Elementary School	White	81.3%	123
Parkview Junior High School	White	84.7%	222
Pekin Community High School	White	89.1%	1,766
Rankin Elementary School	White	91.5%	212
Robein Elementary School	White	87.1%	155
Scott Altman Primary School	White	92.1%	164
South Pekin Elementary School	White	91.6%	178
Spring Lake Elementary School	White	97.4%	39
Tremont Elementary School	White	88.5%	296
Tremont High School	White	89.2%	306
Tremont Middle School	White	91.1%	304
Washington Community High School	White	87.8%	1,451
Washington Intermediate School	White	86.3%	388
Washington Middle School	White	91.2%	353
Willow Elementary School	White	81%	232
Wilson Intermediate School	White	88%	566
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	White	87.8%	147