Willow Elem School

Located at 1110 Veerman St, in Pekin, Illinois, Willow Elem School is a close-knit primary school that enrolls 192 students (grades K through 3), overseen by Pekin PSD 108. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

Across the 11 schools in Pekin PSD 108 (3,126 students total), Willow Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Willow Elem School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Tazewell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Willow Elem School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 75% of students at Willow Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tazewell County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Willow Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Around the school, Tazewell County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,982 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Tazewell County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,581 students), of which Willow Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: L E Starke Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willow Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Willow Elem School's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 192). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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