Glendale Elem School, East Peoria IL

Original Research by School Decision on Glendale Elem School

Glendale Elementary serves grades three through five in East Peoria, a small suburb across the Illinois River from Peoria. The school sits in a community that has been rebuilding itself around mixed-use development, retail, and residential housing on former manufacturing land, with major nearby employers in healthcare, heavy equipment, and hospitality.

The school is small, with an enrollment drawn predominantly from a white student population, alongside smaller numbers of multiracial, Black, Hispanic, and Asian students. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and special populations were not available in the records reviewed.

Academic performance on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness shows a profile below the midpoint among Tazewell County district schools. In mathematics, third-graders posted proficiency rates in the mid-to-high thirties, fourth-graders in the low thirties, and fifth-graders in the mid-thirties. English language arts results were lower in the third grade but improved notably by fifth grade, where close to half of students met proficiency standards. Science testing is administered only at fifth grade; results there showed just over half of students proficient. The data note indicates that state cut scores for these assessments changed this year, which can affect year-to-year comparisons; state testing data from prior years was not available to establish trend. A parent may want to ask the school directly about recent instructional shifts or whether performance has been tracked locally.

The school is a regular public elementary, not a charter or magnet. Discipline data, staffing, attendance records, and information about specific program offerings or course access were not included in available data. The school's website was not listed in the records, so a parent interested in learning about daily operations, curriculum specifics, or school culture would want to reach out to the district or the building directly.

The housing market around East Peoria has been heating up, with median listing prices rising and demand remaining strong. The region's 30-year mortgage rate sits around standard national levels, and the cost to purchase a median-priced home relative to area income sits slightly below the national average, though housing affordability varies block to block. East Peoria itself is oriented around car travel rather than walkability; the Fondulac District Library opened recently near City Hall, and parks and a sports complex provide some civic anchors, but daily life centers on driving.

The district held its property tax levy flat in late 2024 at a time when county property assessments were rising, which is expected to lower the school district's share of homeowners' property tax bills going forward—a lasting financial consideration for families moving to the area.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 49% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 37% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 37% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 31% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 44% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 53% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 50% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolEast Peoria SD 86, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.