Peoria Standard

Peoria County schools welcomed 26,728 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is an increase of 7.8% over the previous school year.

Peoria County had the 11th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, the student body comprised of 51.7% boys, and 48.3% girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Peoria County students was white, making up about 49.9% of all the students.

Within Peoria County, Richwoods High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,446 students.

In 2022, Illinois had almost 2 million students enrolled in nearly 4,000 schools. There was roughly one teacher for every 15 students, slightly better than the national average of 1:16.

K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting the state's demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped 3% between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5% to 1.5% annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last five years.

School	City	Enrollment
Banner Elementary School	Dunlap	323
Bartonville Elementary School	Bartonville	274
Brimfield Grade School	Brimfield	429
Brimfield High School	Brimfield	206
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	West Peoria	353
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	Peoria	268
Charter Oak Primary School	Peoria	313
Chillicothe Elementary Center	Chillicothe	153
Chillicothe Junior High School	Chillicothe	251
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	Peoria	369
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	Peoria	378
Dunlap Grade School	Dunlap	259
Dunlap High School	Dunlap	1,346
Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap	528
Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap	539
Elmwood Elementary School	Elmwood	347
Elmwood High School	Elmwood	162
Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood	117
Farmington Central Elementary School	Farmington	603
Farmington Central High School	Farmington	352
Farmington Central Junior High School	Farmington	287
Franklin Primary School	Peoria	409
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	Peoria	676
Harrison Community Learning Center	Peoria	513
Hickory Grove Elementary School	Dunlap	808
Hines Primary School	Peoria	421
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	Peoria	131
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	Glasford	400
Illini Bluffs High School	Glasford	253
Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford	193
Illinois Valley Central High School	Chillicothe	619
Kellar Primary School	Peoria	332
Limestone Community High School	Peoria	882
Limestone Walters Elementary School	Peoria	194
Lincoln School	Peoria	684
Manual Academy	Peoria	609
Mark W. Bills Middle School	Peoria	262
Monroe Elementary School	Bartonville	282
Mossville Elementary School	Mossville	403
Mossville Junior High	Mossville	180
Northmoor Primary School	Peoria	324
Norwood Elementary School	Peoria	163
Norwood Primary School	Peoria	223
Oak Grove School	Bartonville	263
Peoria Heights Grade School	Peoria Heights	505
Peoria Heights High School	Peoria Heights	211
Peoria High School	Peoria	1,337
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Peoria	186
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Peoria	191
Pleasant Valley Middle School	Peoria	251
Princeville Elementary School	Princeville	330
Princeville High School	Princeville	344
Quest Charter School Academy	Peoria	476
Richwoods High School	Peoria	1,446
Ridgeview Elementary School	Peoria	431
Rolling Acres Middle School	Peoria	379
Roosevelt Magnet School	Peoria	603
South Elementary School	Chillicothe	410
Sterling Middle School	Peoria	428
Trewyn Primary School	Peoria	376
Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education Center	Peoria	476
Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria	312
Washington Gifted School	Peoria	285
Whittier Primary School	Peoria	290
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	Peoria	380