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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA HEIGHTS CUSD 325·NCES 173127004474
Peoria Heights Grade School
500 E Glen Ave, Peoria Heights, IL 61616 · (309) 686-8809 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
323 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Peoria Heights Grade School→Peoria Heights High School
Based on grade levels within Peoria Heights CUSD 325. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
15.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 9.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Peoria Heights Grade School
Peoria Heights Grade School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Heights Grade School this school | 488 | 66.2% | 23.4% |
| John A Renfro Elementary School Collinsville | 498 | 65.5% | 34.2% |
| Alan B Shepard Elementary School Bourbonnais | 483 | 61.5% | 43.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Macomb | 412 | 63.3% | N/A |
| East Elementary School Alton | 415 | 64.8% | 31.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Marion | 482 | 66.6% | 59.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Peoria Heights Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,494 of 1,925 | #25 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,727 of 2,077 ▼ 64 | #28 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #1,412 of 2,077 ▲ 6 | #21 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #595 of 2,419 | #8 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #944 of 2,035 | #12 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #459 of 2,042 | #9 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #841 of 2,132 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #808 of 1,461 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
488
-45 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 598
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 488 | 37.1 | 13.2:1 | 66% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 36.4 | 14.4:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 92% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 66% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 67% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 56% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peoria Heights Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (555 to 488); teachers unchanged (37 to 37.1).
About Peoria Heights Grade School
Peoria Heights, Illinois, is home to Peoria Heights Grade School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 488 students in pre-K through 8. That is 28% larger than the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
District-wide, Peoria Heights CUSD 325 has 2 schools and 703 students.
More than half of enrollment at Peoria Heights Grade School is White: 54%. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 12% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The school's White share is 13 points below the 67% share among Peoria County residents. The diversity index for Peoria Heights Grade School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Peoria Heights Grade School comes to 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1. Peoria Heights Grade School counts 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Peoria County is 9 points.
Peoria Heights Grade School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Peoria Heights Grade School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.4% and a predicted 33.3%.
In Peoria County, home to about 179,645 people, median household income comes to about $65,108, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Peoria County's 81 public schools enroll about 27,827 students and include Peoria Heights Grade School.
The closest school to Peoria Heights Grade School is Peoria Heights High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 23.4% is below the 36.5% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 533 to 488, an 8% decline.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peoria Heights CUSD 325
- Peoria Heights High SchoolHigh · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Peoria Heights High School0.1 mi · 215
- Hines Primary School0.5 mi · 403
- Reservoir Gifted School1.4 mi · 308
- Von Steuben Middle School1.4 mi · 266
- Kellar Primary School1.5 mi · 365
- Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School1.5 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Peoria Heights Grade SchoolHow large is Peoria Heights Grade School?
Peoria Heights Grade School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Peoria Heights Grade School serve?
Peoria Heights Grade School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peoria Heights Grade School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peoria Heights Grade School is approximately 13.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peoria Heights Grade School?
At Peoria Heights Grade School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Peoria Heights Grade School?
Peoria Heights Grade School is overseen by Peoria Heights CUSD 325 in Peoria County.
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