2008 Peoria County School Districts
District #, School Name, Population, Meets or Exceeds %, AYP, Number of schools in district
- #62 Pleasant Valley: 537; 68.8; yes; 3 primary schools
- #63 Norwood: 507; 76.2; no; 2 primary schools
- #66 Bartonville: 331; 73.4; yes; 1 primary school
- #68 Oak Grove: 439; 88.7; yes; 1 primary school
- #69 Pleasant Hill: 228; 70.5; yes; 1 primary school
- #70 Monroe: 311; 87.1; yes; 1 primary school
- #150 Peoria: 13,642; 62.5; no; 30- primary, middle and high schools
- #265 Farmington: 1515; 82.4; no; 3- 1 primary, 1 middle, and 1 high school
- #309 Brimfield: 692; 86.7; yes; 2-1 primary, 1 high school
- #310 Limestone: 1133; 52.9; no; 1 high school
- #316 Limestone-Walters: 217; 94; yes; 1 primary school
- #321 I.V.C.: 2203; 82.5; no; 4-3 primary/middle, 1 high school
- #322 Elmwood: 743; 74.3; no; 3- primary, middle, and high school
- #323 Dunlap: 3121; 92.1; yes; 7-4 primary, 2 middle, and 1 high school
- #324 Peoria Heights: 827; 68.7; no; 2-1 primary, 1 high school
- #326 Princeville: 721; 88; yes; 2- 1 primary, 1 high school
- #327 Illini Bluffs: 993; 82.8; yes; 3- 1 primary, 1 middle school, 1 high school
- #328 Hollis: 141; 95.5; yes; 1 primary school
2008 Created At Northern Illinois University with support from Illinois State Board of Education
Interactive Illinois Report Card: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires all states to measure each public school's and district's achievement and establish annual achievement targets for the state. The overarching goal is for all students to meet or exceed standards in reading and mathematics by 2014. Each year, the state will calculate a school or district's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) to determine if students are improving their performance based on the established annual targets. Through links on this website, you can review the federal law and regulations regarding AYP.
Peoria County districts since 2008
The table above is a snapshot from the later years of No Child Left Behind. The Adequate Yearly Progress measure it reports came from that 2001 federal law, which was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act, signed on December 10, 2015. Anyone comparing these 2008 figures with a current Illinois Report Card should expect different measures, not just different numbers.
The district map itself has held up. The list of Illinois school districts drawn from Illinois State Board of Education records shows the same eighteen districts in Peoria County today: Pleasant Valley 62, Norwood 63, Bartonville 66, Oak Grove 68, Pleasant Hill 69, Monroe 70, Peoria 150, Farmington Central 265, Brimfield 309, Limestone Community High School 310, Limestone Walters 316, Illinois Valley Central 321, Elmwood 322, Dunlap 323, Peoria Heights 325, Princeville 326, Illini Bluffs 327 and Hollis 328. The 2008 table lists Peoria Heights as #324, but the state list numbers it 325; 324 was Farmington East, which joined Yates City to form Farmington Central 265 in 1987.
The only Peoria County district that list shows disappearing in recent decades is Bellevue Elementary District 152, annexed into Norwood District 63 in 1990. Statewide, Illinois had 851 public school districts as of July 1, 2025: 367 elementary districts, 96 high school districts, 387 unit districts and one run by the Department of Juvenile Justice. That is a long way from the 1945 map on the township pages of this site, when a single Peoria County township such as Kickapoo or Logan held eight or nine school districts of its own.
Common questions
How many school districts are there in Peoria County, Illinois?
The 2008 table on this page lists eighteen public school districts in Peoria County, from Pleasant Valley #62 to Hollis #328, and the list of Illinois districts compiled from state board records shows the same eighteen today. They range from Peoria District 150, with 13,642 students and 30 schools in 2008, to Hollis, with 141 pupils in a single primary school.
What was Adequate Yearly Progress in Illinois schools?
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, was the yearly measure required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Each state set annual achievement targets, with the goal that all students meet or exceed standards in reading and mathematics by 2014. In the 2008 Peoria County table, eleven of the eighteen districts made AYP and seven did not.
Which Peoria County school district had the highest scores in 2008?
Hollis #328 had the highest share of students meeting or exceeding standards in the 2008 table, at 95.5 percent, followed by Limestone-Walters #316 at 94 and Dunlap #323 at 92.1. Hollis and Limestone-Walters were small districts with one primary school each, with 141 and 217 students. Dunlap, with 3,121 students, was the second largest district in the county.
Is the Peoria Heights school district number 324 or 325?
The 2008 table on this page lists Peoria Heights as #324, but the state list of Illinois districts gives it as Peoria Heights Community Unit School District 325. The number 324 belonged to Farmington East, which consolidated with Yates City in 1987 to form Farmington Central 265. In 2008 Peoria Heights had 827 students in one primary school and one high school.