Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Central Junior High School, East Peoria, IL

CEP schoolCentral Junior High School is a public middle school in East Peoria, part of East Peoria SD 86. It enrolled 434 students in 2024-25, with 11.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Central Jr High School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 434
Teachers (FTE): 39.0
Students per teacher: 11.1
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.2. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.1

District11.2

Illinois13.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 601 Taylor St, East Peoria, IL 61611
Phone: (309)427-5200
District: East Peoria SD 86
County: Tazewell County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 171324001569

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free or reduced-price lunch: 20246.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.