Norwood Primary School

Norwood Primary School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in Peoria, Illinois, run under Norwood ESD 63, works with 224 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Norwood Primary School sits 41% below that benchmark.

Norwood ESD 63 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 374 students. Norwood Primary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Norwood Primary School reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Norwood Primary School logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Norwood Primary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Peoria County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,108, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Peoria County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), Norwood Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pleasant Valley Primary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Norwood Primary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Norwood Primary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Norwood Primary School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 224). White enrollment moved from 86% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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