Princeville High School

Princeville High School is a four-year high school of close-knit scale in Princeville, Illinois, one of the schools within Princeville CUSD 326, caters to 350 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 834 students each, so Princeville High School sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Princeville High School is one of 2 schools operated by Princeville CUSD 326, a district that educates 642 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Princeville High School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Peoria County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Princeville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Peoria County put the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Princeville High School is one of 81 public schools in Peoria County (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students).

Nearest neighbor: Princeville Elem School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Princeville High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 62.3%.

Princeville High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Princeville High School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 350). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 10%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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