Pleasant Hill Elem School

Pleasant Hill Elem School, a cozy K-5 school in Peoria, Illinois, one of the schools within Pleasant Hill SD 69, educates 164 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Pleasant Hill Elem School sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Pleasant Hill Elem School answers to Pleasant Hill SD 69, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Pleasant Hill Elem School logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 34% Black, 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at Pleasant Hill Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Peoria County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pleasant Hill Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Peoria County shows median household earnings sit near $65,108, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Peoria County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), of which Pleasant Hill Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Trewyn Primary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Hill Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Hill Elem School has declined 26%, going from 223 students in 2018 to 164 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 63% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.