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Enrollment
1,541
High
DISTRICT 935 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003278
Peoria High School
1615 N North St, Peoria, IL 61604 · (309) 672-6630 · Peoria County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,541 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Illinois public high schools
- DTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,323 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 467 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 409 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 319 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 22% |
Student demographics
54%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High School
Peoria High School's state test result (7.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria High School this school | 1,541 | 85.9% | 7.2% |
| Thornton Township High School Harvey | 1,697 | 88.3% | 15.3% |
| Bloom Trail High School Chicago Heights | 1,218 | 80.9% | 16.3% |
| Manual High School Peoria | 731 | 89.7% | 5.7% |
| Englewood STEM High School Chicago | 778 | 84.2% | 4.0% |
| Thornridge High School Dolton | 969 | 86.2% | 11.6% |
Matched among Illinois high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #533 of 573 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,541 | #145 of 708 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #521 of 528 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #151 of 537 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #88 of 578 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #50 of 191 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,541
+122 (+9%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,158
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 | 1,541 | 73.8 | 20.9:1 | 86% (1,323) |
| 2023-24 | 1,483 | 76.7 | 19.3:1 | 84% (1,249) |
| 2022-23 | 1,447 | 74.5 | 19.4:1 | 82% (1,188) |
| 2020-21 | 1,419 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,357 | 87.3 | 15.5:1 | 74% (1,000) |
| 2015-16 | 1,263 | 80 | 15.8:1 | 71% (894) |
| 2010-11 | 1,391 | 81 | 17.2:1 | 84% (1,171) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 59 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,158 | 68 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peoria High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (1,357 to 1,541); teachers down 16% (87.3 to 73.8).
About Peoria High School
At 1615 N North St in Peoria, Illinois, Peoria High School operates as a large high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,541 students. That is 85% above the average of about 834 students for high schools in Illinois.
Peoria High School reports to Peoria SD 150, which has 25 schools and 13,312 students.
About 65% of the student body at Peoria High School is Black. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 10% White, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 17% of Peoria County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
For every teacher at Peoria High School, there are about 20.9 students; the school has 73.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Illinois, 13.8:1, is lower. There are 1,323 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 86% of enrollment. It compares with 57% for public schools in Peoria County.
Among Illinois public high schools, Peoria High School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Peoria High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 7.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois are predicted to post 21.9%, so the school is 14.8 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Peoria County, where the school is located, 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. There are 81 public schools in the county, enrolling about 27,827, Peoria High School among them.
Franklin Primary School sits about 0.4 miles from Peoria High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Peoria High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment increased by 9% across 4 years, from 1,419 in 2020-21 to 1,541 in 2024-25.
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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 SD 150
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed CenterElementary · 584 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- The Elise Ford Allen AcademyElementary · 642 students
Other Peoria High schools
One other US public school is named Peoria High. Peoria High School is the largest of the 2.
- Peoria High SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 1,397 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Primary School0.4 mi · 332
- Glen Oak Comm Learning Cntr1.0 mi · 794
- Quest Charter School Academy1.1 mi · 399
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed Center1.1 mi · 584
- Lincoln School1.3 mi · 823
- Whittier Primary School1.3 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Peoria High SchoolHow large is Peoria High School?
Peoria High School enrolls approximately 1,541 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Peoria High School serve?
Peoria High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Peoria High School?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Peoria High School.
How diverse is Peoria High School?
Peoria High School reports a student body of 10% White, 15% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Peoria High School public or private?
Peoria High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peoria SD 150.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.