Peoria Standard

Peoria County schools welcomed 26,082 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous school year, when there were 26,252 students enrolled in the county.

Peoria County had the 12th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52% identified as male, and 48% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Peoria County students was white, making up about 50% of all the students.

Within Peoria County, Richwoods High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,513 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	361
Bartonville Elementary School	Bartonville	282
Brimfield Grade School	Brimfield	419
Brimfield High School	Brimfield	203
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	West Peoria	343
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	Peoria	264
Charter Oak Primary School	Peoria	326
Chillicothe Elementary Center	Chillicothe	144
Chillicothe Junior High School	Chillicothe	238
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	Peoria	352
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	Peoria	375
Dunlap Grade School	Dunlap	261
Dunlap High School	Dunlap	1,366
Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap	543
Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap	562
Elmwood Elementary School	Elmwood	349
Elmwood High School	Elmwood	191
Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood	99
Farmington Central Elementary School	Farmington	626
Farmington Central High School	Farmington	365
Farmington Central Junior High School	Farmington	263
Franklin Primary School	Peoria	380
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	Peoria	680
Harrison Community Learning Center	Peoria	552
Hickory Grove Elementary School	Dunlap	782
Hines Primary School	Peoria	423
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	Peoria	132
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	Glasford	418
Illini Bluffs High School	Glasford	257
Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford	200
Illinois Valley Central High School	Chillicothe	619
Kellar Primary School	Peoria	354
Limestone Community High School	Peoria	869
Limestone Walters Elementary School	Peoria	189
Lincoln School	Peoria	717
Manual Academy	Peoria	591
Mark W. Bills Middle School	Peoria	253
Monroe Elementary School	Bartonville	258
Mossville Elementary School	Mossville	410
Mossville Junior High	Mossville	184
Northmoor Primary School	Peoria	336
Norwood Elementary School	Peoria	158
Norwood Primary School	Peoria	224
Oak Grove School	Bartonville	279
Peoria Heights Grade School	Peoria Heights	527
Peoria Heights High School	Peoria Heights	205
Peoria High School	Peoria	1,240
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Peoria	180
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Peoria	243
Pleasant Valley Middle School	Peoria	206
Princeville Elementary School	Princeville	314
Princeville High School	Princeville	327
Quest Charter School Academy	Peoria	393
Richwoods High School	Peoria	1,513
Ridgeview Elementary School	Peoria	429
Rolling Acres Middle School	Peoria	323
Roosevelt Magnet School	Peoria	589
South Elementary School	Chillicothe	402
Sterling Middle School	Peoria	362
Trewyn Primary School	Peoria	429
Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria	248
Washington Gifted School	Peoria	277
Whittier Primary School	Peoria	317
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	Peoria	361