Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCEVILLE CUSD 326·NCES 173277003395
Princeville Elementary School
602 N Town Ave, Princeville, IL 61559 · (309) 385-2213 · Peoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
99 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 36 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Princeville Elementary School→Princeville High School
Based on grade levels within Princeville CUSD 326. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 29.5% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Princeville Elementary School
Princeville Elementary School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville Elementary School this school | 292 | 33.9% | 46.1% |
| Reed Elementary School Homer Glen | 291 | 35.4% | 59.5% |
| Coal City Intermediate School Coal City | 294 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| Coal City Elementary School Coal City | 302 | 34.4% | 53.8% |
| Seneca Grade School North Campus Seneca | 256 | 34.0% | 56.4% |
| Southeast Elementary School Sycamore | 300 | 30.7% | 53.2% |
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 Princeville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #704 of 1,925 | #15 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #767 of 2,077 ▲ 61 | #12 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,216 of 2,077 ▼ 157 | #20 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #1,588 of 2,419 | #26 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #563 of 2,035 | #6 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #1,282 of 2,042 | #24 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #1,703 of 2,132 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #1,277 of 1,461 | #15 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
292
-34 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 355
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 | 292 | 24.3 | 12.0:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 36% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 23.8 | 13.4:1 | 39% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 28% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 23 | 24.5:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 22 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (303 to 292); teachers down 7% (26 to 24.3).
About Princeville Elementary School
Princeville Elementary School serves students in Princeville, Illinois, as a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 292 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
The 2 schools in Princeville CUSD 326 enroll 642 students altogether, Princeville Elementary School among them.
The student body at Princeville Elementary School is 79% White. It is also 13% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Peoria County's residents are about 67% White, 12 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Princeville Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Princeville Elementary School is 12.0:1, based on 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Princeville Elementary School counts 34% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Peoria County average 57%.
Princeville Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.9%.
In Peoria County, the median household earns about $65,108 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Peoria County has 81 public schools with about 27,827 students, including Princeville Elementary School.
Princeville High School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Princeville Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Local comparison: Princeville Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 46.1% versus a 61.8% average.
The NCES locale for Princeville Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 34 students, from 326 to 292.
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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 Princeville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Princeville Elementary. Princeville Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Princeville ElementaryTarboro, NC · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Princeville High School0.2 mi · 350
- Dunlap Grade School6.7 mi · 253
- Dunlap High School6.8 mi · 1,420
- Dunlap Middle School7.0 mi · 541
- Dunlap Valley Middle School7.2 mi · 546
- Stark County Elementary School9.1 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Princeville Elementary SchoolHow large is Princeville Elementary School?
Princeville Elementary School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Princeville Elementary School serve?
Princeville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Princeville Elementary School have?
Princeville Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Princeville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Princeville Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Princeville Elementary School in?
Princeville Elementary School is part of Princeville CUSD 326.
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