Regular local school district · LaSalle County
Peru ESD 124, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Peru ESD 124 runs 2 public schools with 966 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 966
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1800 Church St, Peru, IL 61354
- Phone
- (815)223-1111
- County
- LaSalle County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1731380
- State district ID
- IL-35-050-1240-02
- Total staff (FTE)
- 164
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (911), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $16.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $909,000
- State revenue
- $6.7 million
- Local revenue
- $8.6 million
- Total spending
- $15.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,653
- Salaries
- $6.0 million39.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.6%
- State: 41.3%
- Local: 53.1%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,653
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Peru ESD 124
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Northview Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 594 | 13.5 |
| Parkside Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 372 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in LaSalle County
- Ottawa ESD 141 1,747 students
- Streator ESD 44 1,511 students
- Ottawa Twp HSD 140 School District 1,223 students
- La Salle-Peru Twp HSD 120 School District 1,167 students
- Mendota CCSD 289 School District 1,042 students
- La Salle ESD 122 919 students
- Streator Twp HSD 40 School District 764 students
- Serena CUSD 2 611 students
- Marseilles ESD 150 528 students
- Mendota Twp HSD 280 School District 493 students
- Seneca CCSD 170 School District 465 students
- Oglesby ESD 125 444 students
- Wallace CCSD 195 School District 420 students
- Earlville CUSD 9 405 students
- Seneca Twp HSD 160 School District 378 students
More in Illinois
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.