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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003265
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr
2727 W Krause Ave, Peoria, IL 61605 · (309) 672-6522 · Peoria County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
500 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
20.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 7.7% | 4.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr this school | 542 | 92.3% | 12.9% |
| John Kennedy Middle Grade School Kankakee | 519 | 92.1% | 17.1% |
| Summerdale Early Childhood Center Rockford | 460 | 90.0% | N/A |
| Laraway School Joliet | 433 | 90.8% | 32.1% |
| King Middle Grade School Kankakee | 385 | 94.3% | 25.0% |
| CICS - Prairie Campus Chicago | 412 | 94.4% | 18.4% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,814 of 1,925 | #31 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #1,941 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #31 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,915 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #30 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #400 of 2,419 | #7 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #760 of 2,035 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #637 of 2,042 | #13 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #224 of 2,132 | #7 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #466 of 615 | #12 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
542
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 542 | 43 | 12.6:1 | 92% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 43.4 | 13.6:1 | 92% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 40.3 | 14.2:1 | 92% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 40.6 | 12.8:1 | 83% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 81% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 98% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (520 to 542); teachers up 6% (40.6 to 43).
About Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr is an elementary school in Peoria, Illinois, according to federal school records. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 542 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 42% above that mark.
Peoria SD 150 has a total of 25 schools and 13,312 students, Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr among them.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr. Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. That compares with about 17% Black among all Peoria County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr is 12.6:1, based on 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr counts 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Peoria County, the average is 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr lands at D, ahead of 7% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 12.9% is 5.3 points below the 18.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Peoria County area, the median household earns about $65,108 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Peoria County, 81 public schools serve about 27,827 students.
Trewyn Primary School is the nearest public school to Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 542, compared with 565 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peoria SD 150
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Nearby schools
- Trewyn Primary School0.4 mi · 375
- Manual High School0.9 mi · 731
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 164
- Bartonville Elementary School1.4 mi · 204
- The Elise Ford Allen Academy1.7 mi · 642
- Harold B Dawson Middle School1.9 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning CntrHow many students attend Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr?
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr serve?
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr is approximately 12.6:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr?
Student demographics at Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr are roughly 6% White, 33% Hispanic, 55% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr?
Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr is overseen by Peoria SD 150 in Peoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.