NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools IL

Best-Resourced Schools in East Peoria, IL

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10 public K-12 schools in East Peoria from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
2,594
Students
40.6/100
Avg Resource Index
12.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, East Peoria has more public-school enrollment than 22% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. East Peoria is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of East Peoria's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

East Peoria's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 48th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 84th percentile. The 36-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 78%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
84th percentile

East Peoria High School accounts for 31.7% of all East Peoria public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means East Peoria-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Peoria school enrollment varies 5.7× across entities

East Peoria school enrollment ranges from 145 students (lowest) to 823 students (highest), a spread of 678 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

East Peoria student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Glendale Elem School 58
2. Robein Elem School 49
3. Don D Shute Elem School 47
4. Armstrong-Oakview Elem School 40
5. Woodrow Wilson Elem School 38
6. Lincoln Elem School 38
7. P L Bolin Elem School 38
8. Central Jr High School 35
9. East Peoria High School 34
10. Riverview Elem School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in East Peoria

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lincoln Elem School 43.9/100
  2. 2 Armstrong-Oakview Elem School 34.7/100
  3. 3 Don D Shute Elem School 34.4/100
  4. 4 East Peoria High School 33.5/100
  5. 5 Woodrow Wilson Elem School 30.5/100

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Which East Peoria school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Glendale Elem School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the East Peoria schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in East Peoria, IL? ▼

East Peoria has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,594 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.