GED Classes Peoria, Illinois

Last Updated on April 10, 2024.

This page includes an overview of all GED prep class options and testing sites in the Peoria region. Illinois uses two options for High School Equivalency testing: the GED and HiSET exams.

Both the HiSET and GED are available online and at state-designated test centers. Read more about taking the tests online below.

The exams give persons who didn’t graduate high school another option to obtain an equivalent degree.

Testing takes place at a comparable level to what HS seniors must know upon graduation.

The GED® must be taken entirely on a computer and includes four tests in

• English Language Arts
• Social Studies, including Geography, History
• Mathematics
• Science, including Chemistry, Physics

You have the option to deal with the four GED subtests one at a time. The HiSET® subtests are also modular and are offered on paper and on a computer.

The HiSET exam has five tests. The section Literacy comes with separate English Reading and English Writing tests. In Illinois, test takers must also pass the Illinois Constitution Exam.

To learn all about GED eligibility criteria, passing scores, or testing fees in Illinois, go to this page: The GED Test In Illinois.

The GED test is now FREE in Illinois. If you want to read more about the lowered GED testing fees and free GED testing in Illinois, go to <- this page.

Peoria GED Prep Classes

Illinois Central College (Adult Education East Peoria Campus)
1 College Drive | Peoria | IL 61635 | Phone: 309-694-5240
ICC’s GED prep classes are free through a grant from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Enrollment is first come, first serve, and classes start at each semester’s beginning and mid-term. ICC’s GED classes are available at the school’s East Peoria, North, and Pekin campuses and several sites in the school’s service area. For information on locations and class times, please call ICC’s Adult Education office at 309-694-5240.

ICC Downtown Campus-Perley Building
115 SW Adams Street | Peoria | IL 61635 | Phone: 309-694-5240

ICC North Campus
5407 N University Street | Peoria | IL 61635 | Phone: 309-694-5240

Tri-County Peoria Urban League (Bridge To Careers Program-ICC)
317 S MacArthur Highway | Peoria | IL 61605 | Phone: 309-694-5240

Sylvan Peoria
7501 N University Street | Suite 218 | Peoria | IL 61614 | Phone: 309-423-3496

Common Place Family Learning Center
514 S Shelley Street | Peoria | IL 61605 | Phone: 309-674-3315

Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service
800 NE Madison Avenue | Peoria | IL 61603 | Phone: 309-671-5200
GED classes in English and Spanish

Neighborhood House GED Classes
1020 S Matthew Street | Peoria | IL 61605 | Phone: 309-674-1131 ext.239

Moonlight Coalition for Adult Learners-Proctor Recreation Center
309 S DuSable Street | Peoria | IL 61605 | Phone: 309-673-9183

Moonlight Coalition for Adult Learners-Logan Recreation Center
1414 S Livingston Street | Peoria | IL 61605 | Phone: 309-676-8179

Peoria County Jail GED Program
301 N Maxwell Road | Peoria | IL 61604 | Phone: 309-697-8515
Not publicly available

Locations around Peoria (Cities by Alphabet)

Mid-Central Community Action GED Classes
1301 W. Washington St | Bloomington | IL 61701 | Phone: 309-829-0691
Check here for all -> Bloomington area GED prep classes

Spoon River College | Adult Education
23235 N County Highway 22 | Canton | IL 61520 | Phone: 309-649-6229/6278
Spoon River College provides GED instruction at sites in

• Canton – (309)649-6229/6278
• Macomb – (309)833-6017/6278
• Havana – (309)649-6229/6278
• Rushville – (309)833-6017/6278

Illinois Central College-East Peoria Campus
1 College Drive | East Peoria | IL 61635 | Phone: 309-694-5240

Fondulac District Library
400 Richland Street | East Peoria | IL 61611 | Phone: 309-431-1341
GED preparation is offered through cooperation between the Fondulac District Library, the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce, and the Peoria Park District ELITE Program.

Carl Sandburg College
1150 W Carl Sandburg Drive | Galesburg | Illinois 61401 | Phone: 309.344.1631
You can find all Galesburg area GED prep sites <- here

Spoon River College-Havana
324 E Randolph Street | Havana | IL 62644 | Phone: 309.649.6229/6278

Sylvan Hopedale
222 Tremont Street | Hopedale | IL 61747 | Phone: 309.423.3496

Community Education Center (Black Hawk College)
404 E 3rd Street | Kewanee | IL 61443 | Phone: 309.854.1875
Check here for all -> Kewanee GED classes

Spoon River College-Macomb
208 S Johnson Street | Macomb | IL 61455 | Phone: 309.649.6278 or 309.833.6017

SRC Outreach Center GED Classes
2500 E. Jackson Street | Macomb | IL 61455 | Phone: 309.833.6017

IVCC-Oglesby Campus
815 N Orlando Smith Road | Oglesby | IL 61348 | Phone: 815-224-0358

IVCC-Ottawa
321 W Main Street | Ottawa | IL 61350 | Phone: 815-224-0358

Pekin ICC South Campus
225 Hanna Drive (Riverway Business Park) | Pekin | IL 61635 | Phone: 309-694-5240

Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Pekin GED Program
2600 2nd Street | Pekin | IL 61554 | Phone: 309-346-8588
Not publicly available

Sylvan Peru
1040 4th Street | Peru | IL 61354 | Phone: 815-220-5295

Business Employment Skills Team (B.E.S.T.)
225 Backbone Road E, Princeton, IL 61356, Phone: 815-872-0255
B.E.S.T. teamed up with the Regional Office of Education (ROE) to help low-income youth (ages 16 – 24) obtain their high school equivalency diploma (GED). The agency’s ‘Step Ahead’ Program is providing educational support to get all set for GED testing and covers these Counties:

• Jo Daviess
•  Ogle
• Carroll
• Whiteside
• Bureau
• Lee
• LaSalle
• Putnam

Lincoln Land Comm. College GED Program
5250 Shepard Rd | Springfield | Illinois 62694 | Ph: 217.786.2349
For all Springfield-area locations, go to Springfield Area GED Classes

Sylvan Five Points-Washington
360 N Wilmor Rd | Washington | IL 61571 | Ph: 309.423.3496

Go to this post: GED Testing in Illinois if you want to read more about GED and HiSET testing in the state of Illinois and free GED testing in the state.

Online HiSET and GED Tests

In the past, taking one of the Illinois high school equivalency tests (HiSET, GED) over the Internet was not an option. The tests were just not available online. To acquire your GED diploma, you needed to come to an official testing site and sit for the tests personally.

Well, that has changed! Both the HiSET and GED exams have introduced an online version using an online proctor. If you want to read more, go to ‘The online GED exam,’ and for more information on the HiSET, check out -> ‘The HiSET-At-Home test.’

Peoria Area GED Testing Centers

Peoria County Regional Office of Education (Room 401, GED, HiSET)
324 Main St | Peoria | Illinois 61602 | Phone (309) 672-6906

Illinois Central College (Arbor 103, GED)
5407 N University St | Arbor 103 | Peoria | Illinois 61635 | Phone (309) 690-6990

Knoxville Center for Student Success (HiSET)
2628 N Knoxville Ave | Peoria | Illinois 61604 | Phone (309) 672-6906

The following Cities by Alphabet

ROE 26 Business Office (GED)
735 E Locust St | Canton | Illinois 61520 | Phone (309) 518-4017

Regional Office of Education #53 (Suite C, GED)
2400 N Main St | East Peoria | Illinois 61611 | Phone (309) 477-2290

Carl Sandburg College (HiSET)
2400 Tom L Wilson Blvd | Galesburg | Illinois 61401 | Phone (309) 341-5323

Regional Office of Education #33 GED and HiSET Testing
932 Harrison St | Galesburg | Illinois 61401 | Phone (309) 734-6822

Heartland Comm. Coll. GED testing
2201 Woodlawn Rd | Lincoln | IL 62656 | Phone (217) 735-1731

Spoon River College-Macomb (GED Test Center)
2500 E Jackson St | Macomb | Illinois 61455 | Phone (309) 833-6031

Regional Office of Ed #26-Macomb (HiSET)
130 S Lafayette St | Suite 200 | Macomb | IL 61455 | Phone (309) 575-3229/3226

Heartland Community Coll. (HiSET, GED)
1500 W Raab Rd | Normal | Illinois 61761 | Phone (309) 268-8077

IVCC Testing Center GED Testing
815 N Orlando Smith Road | Oglesby | IL 61348 | Phone (815) 224-0542

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