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Peoria Heights, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Peoria Heights Cusd 325 #300 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,672 per pupil, Peoria Heights Cusd 325 ranks #533 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
754
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,672
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Peoria Heights Cusd 325 operates 2 public schools serving 754 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Peoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,672 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.6% local, 36.3% state, and 12.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 42/100, ranked #300 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 351.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.9% White, 24.4% African American, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Peoria Heights Grade School, enrolling 488 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
Peoria Heights Grade School accounts for 64.7% of all Peoria Heights Cusd 325 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Peoria Heights Cusd 325 a distant remainder — means Peoria Heights Cusd 325-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Peoria Heights Cusd 325 student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Peoria Heights Cusd 325 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Peoria Heights Cusd 325 is typically wider than the Peoria Heights Cusd 325-aggregate figure suggests.