Peoria Standard

There were 15,948 white students enrolled in Tazewell County school districts in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% more than the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 87.8% of the 18,158 students in the county. They were the most represented ethnicity.

Among the 18 districts in Tazewell County, Morton Community Unit School District 709 recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 2,859 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Tazewell County.

Illinois allocated $8.6 billion to K-12 education in its 2025 budget—a $350 million increase over FY 2024, meeting the minimum required under the state’s school funding formula.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

District	white Student Enrollment Percentage	Total enrollment
Morton Community Unit School District 709	88.5%	3,231
Pekin Public School District 108	86.9%	3,134
Pekin Consolidated School District 303	89.6%	1,701
Washington Community High School District 308	87.4%	1,424
East Peoria School District 86	82.4%	1,403
Central School District 51	88.9%	1,267
Deer Creek-Mackinaw Community Unit School District 701	94.8%	954
Tremont Community Unit School District 702	90%	878
Washington School District 52	89.1%	811
East Peoria Community High School District 309	81.7%	854
District 50 Schools	87.3%	574
Creve Coeur School District 76	82.8%	488
North Pekin-Marquette Heights School District 102	86.3%	454
Delavan Community Unit School District 703	93.8%	402
Rankin Community School District 98	91.5%	211
South Pekin School District 137	91.4%	185
Robein School District 85	86%	150
Spring Lake Community Consolidated School District 606	97.3%	37