The truancy rate at Roosevelt Magnet School fell to 33 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
About 94 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 91 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.
More than 86.1 percent of teachers stay at J.L. Hensey Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
The truancy rate at Il Valley Central High School rose to 8 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
More than 57.6 percent of teachers stay at Jefferson Park School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.
In a year when 100 percent of V. I. T. Senior High School seniors graduated on time, 36 percent of those who attended Illinois community colleges had to enroll in remedial courses.
The revenue Creve Coeur School District 76 received through local taxes decreased 9.4 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.
The revenue Fulton County Community Unit School District 3 received through local taxes decreased 26.8 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of public schools data.
The truancy rate at Dunlap Middle School stayed flat at 0.2 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
Proposed tax hikes by gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker could not come at worse time for the state, Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) said at a recent news conference on Pritzker's proposed tax hikes
Riverview Community Consolidated School District 2, Robein School District 85 and Henry Senachwine Community Unit School District 5 reported the highest rate of students suspended for reasons related to a dangerous weapon during the 2016-17 school year in Metro Peoria, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education.
Democratic Kate Pastucha's election campaign committee, Friends of Kate Pastucha, spent $2,090 in the third quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
There was an offender convicted of a crime involving drugs released on parole in Lewistown during the third quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Peoria Standard.