L.E. Starke Grade School was constructed in the northeast Holiday Hills subdivision of Pekin in 1966. It was originally a neighborhood K-6 building. Starke currently stands as a Pre-K to 3rd primary building with neighborhood students, students bused in from Pekin Housing, Normandale, instructional students, resource students, behavior disorder students and overflow students.

Starke Primary School currently houses approximately 235 students consisting of two kindergartens, three first grades, two second grades, two third grades, two instructional classes (K-1 and 2-3), one B. D. class and one Pre-K class. Music, physical education, OT-PT, speech, nurse/clerk, learning center parapro, breakfast, lunch, latchkey, tutoring, title and reading recovery are additional services provided for our students.

If you have any questions that we can help you with, please contact us at 477-4714. We look forward to you visiting L.E. Starke Primary.

Respectfully,

Stan Fitzanko, Principal