Peoria Standard

Peoria County schools welcomed 26,039 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.

This is a decrease of 0.2% from the previous school year, when there were 26,082 students enrolled in the county.

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

Of all the students welcomed at the time, 52.1% identified as male, and 47.9% as female.

The most represented ethnicity among Peoria County students was white, making up about 48.9% of all the students.

Within Peoria County, Richwoods High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,504 students.

As of the 2023-24 school year, Illinois public schools enrolled approximately 1.85 million students across 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. Between the 2019–20 and 2022–23 school years, Illinois public school enrollment declined from approximately 1.98 million to 1.85 million students, a decrease of about 127,000 students or 6.4%. This decline is significantly higher than the typical annual decreases of 0.5% to 1.5% observed in the preceding years, reflecting broader demographic shifts within the state.

School	City	Enrollment
Banner Elementary School	Dunlap	392
Bartonville Elementary School	Bartonville	291
Brimfield Grade School	Brimfield	394
Brimfield High School	Brimfield	201
Calvin Coolidge Middle School	West Peoria	317
Charles A. Lindbergh Middle School	Peoria	282
Charter Oak Primary School	Peoria	343
Chillicothe Elementary Center	Chillicothe	159
Chillicothe Junior High School	Chillicothe	239
Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School	Peoria	398
Dr. Maude A. Sanders Primary School	Peoria	389
Dunlap Grade School	Dunlap	252
Dunlap High School	Dunlap	1,384
Dunlap Middle School	Dunlap	525
Dunlap Valley Middle School	Dunlap	581
Elmwood Elementary School	Elmwood	328
Elmwood High School	Elmwood	199
Elmwood Junior High School	Elmwood	97
Farmington Central Elementary School	Farmington	621
Farmington Central High School	Farmington	362
Farmington Central Junior High School	Farmington	250
Franklin Primary School	Peoria	344
Glen Oak Community Learning Center	Peoria	617
Harrison Community Learning Center	Peoria	575
Hickory Grove Elementary School	Dunlap	837
Hines Primary School	Peoria	403
Hollis Consolidated Grade School	Peoria	144
Illini Bluffs Elementary School	Glasford	417
Illini Bluffs High School	Glasford	245
Illini Bluffs Middle School	Glasford	182
Illinois Valley Central High School	Chillicothe	623
Kellar Primary School	Peoria	348
Limestone Community High School	Peoria	883
Limestone Walters Elementary School	Peoria	177
Lincoln School	Peoria	741
Manual Academy	Peoria	637
Mark W. Bills Middle School	Peoria	252
Monroe Elementary School	Bartonville	272
Mossville Elementary School	Mossville	409
Mossville Junior High	Mossville	187
Northmoor Primary School	Peoria	369
Norwood Elementary School	Peoria	141
Norwood Primary School	Peoria	212
Oak Grove School	Bartonville	270
Peoria Heights Grade School	Peoria Heights	505
Peoria Heights High School	Peoria Heights	199
Peoria High School	Peoria	1,244
Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Peoria	165
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Peoria	224
Pleasant Valley Middle School	Peoria	181
Princeville Elementary School	Princeville	301
Princeville High School	Princeville	330
Quest Charter School Academy	Peoria	400
Richwoods High School	Peoria	1,504
Ridgeview Elementary School	Peoria	424
Rolling Acres Middle School	Peoria	331
Roosevelt Magnet School	Peoria	587
South Elementary School	Chillicothe	424
Sterling Middle School	Peoria	326
Trewyn Primary School	Peoria	414
Von Steuben Middle School	Peoria	219
Washington Gifted School	Peoria	292
Whittier Primary School	Peoria	323
Wilder-Waite Elementary School	Peoria	357