Peoria, IL
Kids in Peoria
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 55,186
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 14
- 3,944 teachers across 50 districts and 159 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 50 / 159
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,700
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Peoria metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Peoria SD 150
Peoria
- Students
- 12,913
- Schools
- 30
- Pupil–teacher
- 15
- Dunlap CUSD 323
Dunlap
- Students
- 4,837
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.9
- Morton CUSD 709
Morton
- Students
- 3,247
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.4
- Pekin PSD 108
Pekin
- Students
- 3,126
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Il Valley Central USD 321
Chillicothe
- Students
- 2,071
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.7
- Pekin CSD 303
Pekin
- Students
- 1,712
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.5
- Eureka CUD 140
Eureka
- Students
- 1,551
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- East Peoria SD 86
East Peoria
- Students
- 1,401
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.1
- Washington CHSD 308
Washington
- Students
- 1,399
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.3
- Central SD 51
Washington
- Students
- 1,349
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.1
- Farmington Central CUSD 265
Farmington
- Students
- 1,269
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.5
- El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11
El Paso
- Students
- 1,135
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.9
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 82
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 38
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 41
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 19
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
180 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Peoria metro sits
Roughly the core of the Peoria, IL metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Peoria would be $567 a month, with $1,086 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.