Bartonville Elem School

Bartonville Elem School is a cozy elementary campus in Bartonville, Illinois, overseen by Bartonville SD 66. The school teaches 204 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Bartonville Elem School is a school of Bartonville SD 66, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Bartonville Elem School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 16% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Peoria County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bartonville Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.5%; this one comes in at 22.6%, -16.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Peoria County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,108, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Bartonville Elem School is one of 81 public schools in Peoria County (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students).

Monroe Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bartonville Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bartonville Elem School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bartonville Elem School has declined 34%, going from 310 students in 2018 to 204 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.