The Elise Ford Allen Academy

The Elise Ford Allen Academy is a roomy primary school in Peoria, Illinois, overseen by Peoria SD 150. The school serves 642 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 69% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Peoria SD 150 comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 13,312 students; The Elise Ford Allen Academy is among them.

Demographically, The Elise Ford Allen Academy shows that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, The Elise Ford Allen Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.5%; this one delivers 6.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Peoria County put median household income runs about $65,108, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), The Elise Ford Allen Academy is one campus in the mix.

Whittier Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Elise Ford Allen Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Elise Ford Allen Academy at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 12.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 611 students in 2018 compared to 642 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 88% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the The Elise Ford Allen Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.