Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003286
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School
918 W Florence Ave, Peoria, IL 61604 · (309) 672-6531 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
320 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
60%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.5% | 15.8% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School this school | 378 | 84.7% | 27.9% |
| Hines Primary School Peoria | 403 | 88.8% | 20.6% |
| Harvard Park Elementary School Springfield | 370 | 87.6% | 11.8% |
| Dr Preston L Williams Jr Elementary School Urbana | 399 | 88.5% | 7.3% |
| Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School Dekalb | 328 | 80.2% | 13.3% |
| Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School Peoria | 442 | 87.8% | 16.8% |
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 Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #1,343 of 1,925 | #22 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,370 of 2,077 ▼ 1 | #22 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,468 of 2,077 ▲ 220 | #24 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #1,110 of 2,419 | #17 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #597 of 2,035 | #7 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #588 of 2,042 | #12 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #408 of 2,132 | #11 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #701 of 1,461 | #5 of 17 |
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
378
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 504
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 | 378 | 31.2 | 12.1:1 | 85% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 31.1 | 13.1:1 | 84% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 29.8 | 11.9:1 | 81% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 40.2 | 11.0:1 | 68% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 68% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 81% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 22 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (441 to 378); teachers down 22% (40.2 to 31.2).
About Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Peoria, Illinois. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 378 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 25 schools in Peoria SD 150 totals 13,312 students.
Roughly 59% of students at Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School are Black. Other groups make up 17% White, 12% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. County-wide, 17% of Peoria County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.1 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%. Across public schools in Peoria County, the average is 57%.
allk12 grades Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School is +5.3 points: 27.9% actual, 22.6% predicted.
In the county around the school, Peoria County, the median household income is $65,108, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Peoria County is home to 81 public schools and about 27,827 public school students.
The closest public school, Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School, is about 0.8 miles from Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School had 418 students, to 2024-25, when it had 378.
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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
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- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School0.8 mi · 442
- Quest Charter School Academy0.8 mi · 399
- Hines Primary School1.1 mi · 403
- Von Steuben Middle School1.3 mi · 266
- Peoria Heights Grade School1.5 mi · 488
- Peoria Heights High School1.6 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School?
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School serve?
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School.
How diverse is Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School?
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School reports a student body of 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School?
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School 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.