Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center

Set in Pekin, Illinois, Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, overseen by Pekin PSD 108. It serves 201 students across grade pre-K. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Pekin PSD 108, which oversees 11 schools and 3,126 students, Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tazewell County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tazewell County put the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center is one of 56 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dirksen Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center has shrank 9%, going from 220 students in 2018 to 201 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 85% across the same window.

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