📍 541 Chartres St, La Salle, LaSalle County, 61301
La Salle-Peru Twp High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in La Salle, LaSalle County. The school has 1,198 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ingrid Cushing. It is part of the La Salle-Peru Twp HSD 120 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 90.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. The school offers 18 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Salle-Peru Twp High School enrolls 1,198 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 90.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 831 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 273 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 48 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
517 of the school's 1,198 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Salle-Peru Twp High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 38, state house district 76.
La Salle-Peru Twp High School is one of 1 schools in La Salle-Peru Twp HSD 120, based in La Salle, Illinois. The district serves 1,167 students district-wide and employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,198 students, La Salle-Peru Twp High School is close to the district average of about 1,167 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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