Enrollment
164
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT HILL SD 69·NCES 173186003344
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
3717 W Malone St, Peoria, IL 61605 · (309) 637-6829 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
156 students
STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 6 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 32% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
9.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 6.6% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School this school | 164 | 95.1% | 25.3% |
| Broadmeadow Elementary School Rantoul | 231 | 93.9% | 11.8% |
| Eagle Ridge School Silvis | 238 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| Jordan Elementary School Centralia | 228 | 99.1% | 28.4% |
| Meridian Elementary School Mounds | 213 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
| Northview Elementary School Rantoul | 218 | 85.3% | 19.8% |
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 Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #1,439 of 1,925 | #23 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #1,928 of 2,077 ▼ 146 | #30 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,439 of 2,077 ▼ 155 | #22 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #2,170 of 2,419 | #34 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #148 of 2,132 | #3 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #250 of 1,461 | #2 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
164
-17 (-9%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 217
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 | 164 | 14 | 11.7:1 | 95% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 94% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 15 | 11.6:1 | 94% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 16.9 | 13.2:1 | 99% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 82% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 13 | 18.2:1 | 78% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 12 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 10 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (223 to 164); teachers down 17% (16.9 to 14).
About Pleasant Hill Elementary School
In Peoria, Illinois, Pleasant Hill Elementary School is a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 164 students across pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
The local education agency for Pleasant Hill Elementary School is Pleasant Hill SD 69.
The biggest share of students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School, 46%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 34% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Peoria County's population at about 67%. The diversity index for Pleasant Hill Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Peoria County is 57%.
Test results at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are 8.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (25.3% actual, 16.6% predicted).
Census data for Peoria County show the median household earns about $65,108 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Pleasant Hill Elementary School, Peoria County has 81 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Trewyn Primary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Pleasant Hill Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 181 students in 2020-21 to 164 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
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Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolWinfield, IL · 583 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 435 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPleasant Hill, IL · 254 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Trewyn Primary School0.7 mi · 375
- Annie Jo Gordon Comm Lrning Cntr1.0 mi · 542
- Manual High School1.1 mi · 731
- Monroe Elementary School1.5 mi · 274
- Norwood Primary School1.6 mi · 224
- Harold B Dawson Middle School1.7 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 164 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pleasant Hill Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 16% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is overseen by Pleasant Hill SD 69 in Peoria County.
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