Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr

Set in Peoria, Illinois, Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is a sizable K-5 school, overseen by Peoria SD 150. It hosts 794 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 108% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is one of 25 schools operated by Peoria SD 150, a district that serves 13,312 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr records that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Peoria County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Peoria County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,108, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr. On composite proficiency, Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 905 students in 2018 compared to 794 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 17% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.