Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY SD 62·NCES 173195003350
Pleasant Valley Primary School
4623 W Red Bud Dr, Peoria, IL 61604 · (309) 673-6750 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
243 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 44 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Pleasant Valley Primary School→Pleasant Valley Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Pleasant Valley SD 62. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +28.5pp 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 43 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.6% | 14.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Pleasant Valley Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,157 of 1,925 | #21 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #898 of 2,077 | #18 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,461 of 2,077 | #23 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #1,832 of 2,419 | #30 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #241 of 2,035 | #2 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #647 of 2,042 | #14 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #70 of 2,132 | #1 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #310 of 615 | #6 of 16 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
248
+69 (+39%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 345
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 | 248 | 23 | 10.8:1 | 98% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 97% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 94% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 91% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | 89% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 79% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Primary School.
About Pleasant Valley Primary School
Pleasant Valley Primary School is an elementary school in Peoria, Illinois, according to federal school records. A federal count lists 248 students at the school, in pre-K through 3. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Illinois) has about 381 students.
Pleasant Valley SD 62 counts 2 schools and 414 students, including Pleasant Valley Primary School.
At 59%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Pleasant Valley Primary School combined. The school is also 20% White, 17% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 17%. The chance that two students picked at random at Pleasant Valley Primary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The teaching staff at Pleasant Valley Primary School is 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%. Public schools in Peoria County average 57%.
BeatsExpectations places Pleasant Valley Primary School in the top 10% of Illinois schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.0 points above it (33.0% actual, 14.9% predicted).
Within Peoria County, median household income is about $65,108, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 81 public schools in Peoria County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,827.
Nearest public school: Norwood Primary School, about 1.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Pleasant Valley Primary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 248, 39% above the 179 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Pleasant Valley SD 62
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 166 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Nearby schools
- Norwood Primary School1.1 mi · 224
- Harold B Dawson Middle School1.6 mi · 331
- Norwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 150
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School1.9 mi · 164
- Sterling Middle School2.0 mi · 374
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate School2.2 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Primary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Valley Primary School?
Pleasant Valley Primary School enrolls approximately 248 students in grades PK-03.
Is Pleasant Valley Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Valley Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Primary School is approximately 10.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Valley Primary School?
At Pleasant Valley Primary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 4% Hispanic, 59% Black, 17% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Valley Primary School public or private?
Pleasant Valley Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Valley SD 62.
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