P L Bolin Elem School

P L Bolin Elem School operates as a rural-scale elementary school in East Peoria, Illinois, operated by East Peoria SD 86. Current enrollment sits at 145 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Within East Peoria SD 86, which oversees 7 schools and 1,401 students, P L Bolin Elem School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, P L Bolin Elem School shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Tazewell County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, P L Bolin Elem School reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 34% of students at P L Bolin Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, P L Bolin Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 55.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tazewell County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,982, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Tazewell County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), of which P L Bolin Elem School is one.

East Peoria High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts P L Bolin Elem School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

P L Bolin Elem School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. P L Bolin Elem School's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 186 (now 145). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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