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Peoria, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Pleasant Valley Sd 62 #2 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,220 per pupil, Pleasant Valley Sd 62 ranks #204 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 operates 2 public schools serving 459 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 $19,220 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.4% local, 50.1% state, and 30.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 67/100, ranked #2 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 414:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.3% African American, 25.1% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Pleasant Valley Primary School accounts for 54.0% of all Pleasant Valley Sd 62 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pleasant Valley Sd 62 a distant remainder — means Pleasant Valley Sd 62-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.
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 student-counselor ratio is 414:1 — 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.
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 chronic absenteeism rate is 45.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 459 students.
How much does Pleasant Valley Sd 62 spend per student?
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 spends $19,220 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #2 in Illinois.
What is the demographic composition of Pleasant Valley Sd 62?
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 students are 56.3% African American, 25.1% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pleasant Valley Sd 62?
Pleasant Valley Sd 62 has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #2 out of 763 districts in Illinois.