About Peru ESD 124
Peru ESD 124 is a public school system serving Lasalle County, Illinois, based in Peru. It serves 966 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–8, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #389 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Peru ESD 124 enrolls 966 students in 2 schools — an average of about 483 students per school. It serves grades PreK–8 and ranks #389 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Peru ESD 124, from the NCES Common Core of Data (966 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Peru ESD 124 employs about 73 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1 — below the Illinois average of about 13.6:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 164.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Peru ESD 124 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Peru ESD 124 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Peru ESD 124 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Peru ESD 124’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):