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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEORIA SD 150·NCES 173123003283
The Elise Ford Allen Academy
1704 W Aiken Ave, Peoria, IL 61605 · (309) 672-6574 · Peoria County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
623 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
10.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
5.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.7% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 2.2% | 0.8% |
% 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
6.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 The Elise Ford Allen Academy
The Elise Ford Allen Academy's state test result (6.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Elise Ford Allen Academy this school | 642 | 97.0% | 6.8% |
| Bouchet Elementary Math & Science Academy Chicago | 660 | 95.3% | 21.7% |
| Dulles Elementary School Chicago | 651 | 95.7% | 8.8% |
| Ellington Elementary School Chicago | 510 | 95.1% | 14.2% |
| Wyvetter Younge School of Excellence E Saint Louis | 534 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| CICS - Washington Pk Campus Chicago | 493 | 95.3% | 32.1% |
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 The Elise Ford Allen Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #1,914 of 1,925 | #35 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.0% | #2,033 of 2,077 ▲ 28 | #35 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #2,058 of 2,077 ▲ 9 | #35 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #194 of 2,419 | #4 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,648 of 2,035 | #23 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #1,418 of 2,042 | #26 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #95 of 2,132 | #2 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #427 of 615 | #11 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. 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
642
+43 (+7%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 829
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 | 642 | 41.4 | 15.5:1 | 97% (623) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 38.5 | 16.2:1 | 95% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 40.1 | 15.6:1 | 93% (580) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 46.8 | 13.1:1 | 83% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 87% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 92% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 49 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 829 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Elise Ford Allen Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (611 to 642); teachers down 12% (46.8 to 41.4).
About The Elise Ford Allen Academy
The Elise Ford Allen Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school in Peoria, Illinois. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 642 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 69% above that mark.
The Elise Ford Allen Academy is in Peoria SD 150, a district with 13,312 students across 25 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at The Elise Ford Allen Academy is Black, at 84%. Other reported shares: 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% White. Peoria County's residents are about 17% Black, 66 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, The Elise Ford Allen Academy scores 29%.
There are 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at The Elise Ford Allen Academy, giving a ratio of 15.5:1. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 13.9:1 for elementary schools in Illinois. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Peoria County is 40 points.
The Elise Ford Allen Academy earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Illinois public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for The Elise Ford Allen Academy is -8.7 points: 6.8% actual, 15.5% predicted.
For Peoria County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $65,108 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Peoria County number 81, with about 27,827 students.
Whittier Primary School sits about 0.5 miles from The Elise Ford Allen Academy. The Elise Ford Allen Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, The Elise Ford Allen Academy ranks 7th on proficiency.
The Elise Ford Allen Academy is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
The school's student count rose 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page collects posts and questions about The Elise Ford Allen Academy, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Peoria SD 150
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed CenterElementary · 584 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
- Whittier Primary School0.5 mi · 366
- Valeska Hinton Early Ch Ed Center0.8 mi · 584
- Manual High School0.9 mi · 731
- Harold B Dawson Middle School1.0 mi · 331
- Franklin Primary School1.3 mi · 332
- Trewyn Primary School1.5 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About The Elise Ford Allen AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at The Elise Ford Allen Academy?
The Elise Ford Allen Academy enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does The Elise Ford Allen Academy serve?
The Elise Ford Allen Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Elise Ford Allen Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Elise Ford Allen Academy is approximately 15.5:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at The Elise Ford Allen Academy?
Student demographics at The Elise Ford Allen Academy are roughly 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 84% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is The Elise Ford Allen Academy public or private?
The Elise Ford Allen Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peoria SD 150.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.