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What's the most underrated thing about Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
794
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003262
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr
2100 N Wisconsin Ave, Peoria, IL 61603 · (309) 672-6518 · Peoria County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
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
17.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
728 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (85).
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
17.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
7.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% | 7.4% |
| 2023-24 | 6.9% | 2.5% |
% 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
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr this school | 794 | 91.7% | 10.9% |
| Lincoln School Peoria | 823 | 93.9% | 8.7% |
| Constance Lane Elementary School Rockford | 623 | 90.5% | 5.8% |
| Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr Peoria | 542 | 92.3% | 12.9% |
| Coolidge Elementary School Lansing | 670 | 99.9% | 32.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Calumet City | 717 | 99.6% | 32.6% |
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 Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,863 of 1,925 | #32 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #1,979 of 2,077 ▲ 25 | #33 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #1,976 of 2,077 ▲ 39 | #33 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #60 of 2,419 | #3 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,912 of 2,035 | #31 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #667 of 2,042 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #239 of 2,132 | #8 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #797 of 1,461 | #7 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
794
+107 (+16%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 546
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 | 794 | 44.3 | 17.9:1 | 92% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 41.6 | 15.3:1 | 91% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 35.2 | 20.2:1 | 92% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 905 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 84% (756) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 88% (740) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 98% (828) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 29 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (905 to 794); teachers down 27% (61 to 44.3).
About Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is an elementary school with a street address in Peoria, Illinois. The school reports 794 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 108% bigger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Peoria SD 150 includes 25 schools. Together they enroll 13,312 students.
Black students make up a majority at Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr, at 57%. Next come 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. That compares with about 17% Black among all Peoria County residents. Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is 44.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.9:1. That is 4.0 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Around 92% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Peoria County average 57%.
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Illinois public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr scores 10.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 18.6%.
In the county around the school, Peoria County, the median household income is $65,108, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 81 public schools in Peoria County, enrolling about 27,827 students in all.
The nearest public school is Lincoln School, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 794 students in 2024-25, 107 more than the 687 it had in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Peoria SD 150
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed CenterElementary · 584 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
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln School0.5 mi · 823
- Von Steuben Middle School0.9 mi · 266
- Peoria High School1.0 mi · 1,541
- Franklin Primary School1.4 mi · 332
- Reservoir Gifted School1.5 mi · 308
- Quest Charter School Academy1.7 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrHow many students attend Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr?
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr enrolls approximately 794 students in grades KG-08.
Is Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr have?
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr?
Student demographics at Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr are roughly 5% White, 30% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr in?
Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is part of Peoria SD 150.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.