Quest Charter School Academy

As an intimate four-year high school in Peoria, Illinois, Quest Charter School Academy instructs 399 students from grades 5 through 12, run under Peoria SD 150. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Peoria SD 150 runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 13,312 students. Quest Charter School Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Quest Charter School Academy lists that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 10% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Quest Charter School Academy has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Quest Charter School Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 23.6%; actual is 7.0%, a gap of -16.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Peoria County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,108 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Peoria County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), Quest Charter School Academy is one campus in the mix.

Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Quest Charter School Academy ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 15.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Quest Charter School Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2024. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2024.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.