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Sterling Middle School, Peoria, IL

CEP schoolSterling Middle School is a public middle school in Peoria, part of Peoria SD 150. It enrolled 374 students in 2024-25, with 15.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
374
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
15.0
Grades
5 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.0
District15.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
2315 N Sterling Ave, Peoria, IL 61604
Phone
(309)672-6557
District
Peoria SD 150
County
Peoria County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
173123005325
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
33188.5% 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.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Peoria SD 150

Middle schools elsewhere in Peoria

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.