Public schools in Pekin, IL

Pekin has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 4 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,034 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Pekin Public Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Pekin's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in PekinDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Pekin Public Schools113,165$16,904
Pekin Community High School District #30311,796$15,862
Rankin CSD 981201$18,239

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Pekin, 1,712 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Pekin Community High School1,71215.5All free (CEP)Pekin Community High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Pekin, 1,686 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Wilson Intermediate School60015.4All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Washington Intermediate School42813.4All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Broadmoor Junior High School38713.3All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Edison Junior High School27110.0All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Pekin, 1,435 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Jefferson Elementary School29014.9All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
C B Smith Elementary School26415.1All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Rankin Elementary School19610.1not reportedRankin CSD 98
Willow Elementary School19214.2All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Scott Altman Primary School18918.0All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
Dirksen Elementary School16515.7All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools
L E Starke Elementary School13911.1All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Pekin, 201 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center20122.3All free (CEP)Pekin Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Pekin's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Pekin school has 14.9 students per full-time teacher, more than the Illinois median of 13.1. 92% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 264 students (state 374).

Pekin against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
PekinIllinois
Median students per teacher14.913.1
Median school size (students)264374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)92%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)92%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Pekin schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Pekin

  1. Pekin Public SchoolsRuns 11 of Pekin's 13 public schools and spent $16,904 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,904
  2. Pekin Community High School, the largest high school in Pekin1,712 students in 2024-25, 15.5 per teacher.1,712
  3. Compare Pekin Public Schools with Pekin Community High School District #303Pekin's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Pekin addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Pekin

  1. How many public schools are in Pekin, IL?
    13 public schools with an address in Pekin were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 4 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 5,034 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Pekin?
    Pekin Community High School, with 1,712 students in 2024-25 (Pekin Community High School District #303).
  3. Which districts run Pekin's schools?
    Pekin Public Schools (11 schools), Pekin Community High School District #303 (1 school), Rankin CSD 98 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .