Peoria High School

Peoria High School is one of the sprawling secondary schools in Peoria, Illinois, overseen by Peoria SD 150, with 1,541 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Peoria High School sits 85% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peoria High School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Peoria High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Peoria High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Peoria County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, Peoria High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 21.9%; this one comes in at 7.2%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Peoria County) logs that median household income runs about $65,108, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Peoria County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), Peoria High School is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peoria High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 15.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Peoria High School's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,357 (now 1,541). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Peoria High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.