Kellar Primary School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Peoria, Illinois, Kellar Primary School instructs 365 students from grades K through 4, operated by Peoria SD 150.

Across the 25 schools in Peoria SD 150 (13,312 students total), Kellar Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Kellar Primary School lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kellar Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Peoria County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Kellar Primary School is one.

Liberty Leadership Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kellar Primary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kellar Primary School has decreased 9%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 23% to 30%.

On allk12, the feed for Kellar Primary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.