Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEKIN PSD 108·NCES 173108003235
C B Smith Elementary School
1314 Matilda St, Pekin, IL 61554 · (309) 477-4713 · Tazewell County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
199 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 26% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
34.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
25.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 22.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like C B Smith Elementary School
C B Smith Elementary School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C B Smith Elementary School this school | 264 | 75.4% | 28.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Pekin | 290 | 73.4% | 27.3% |
| Memorial Elementary School Paris | 293 | 77.1% | N/A |
| Northwest Elementary School Lincoln | 271 | 74.9% | 46.2% |
| Zeigler-Royalton Elementary School Mulkeytown | 258 | 72.5% | 27.3% |
| LaSalle Elementary School Creve Coeur | 262 | 78.6% | 30.5% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where C B Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,301 of 1,925 | #20 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #1,428 of 2,077 ▼ 338 | #21 of 25 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,523 of 2,077 ▼ 330 | #21 of 25 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #1,751 of 2,419 | #10 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,551 of 2,035 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #1,447 of 2,042 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #618 of 2,132 | #2 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #923 of 1,461 | #11 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
264
+20 (+8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 264 | 17.5 | 15.1:1 | 75% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 17.5 | 16.1:1 | 78% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 73% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 17.1 | 17.1:1 | 68% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 70% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 63% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 22 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C B Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (293 to 264); teachers up 2% (17.1 to 17.5).
About C B Smith Elementary School
C B Smith Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, with an address in Pekin. Its enrollment is 264 students, spread over kindergarten through 3. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 31% below average.
Enrollment across the 11 schools in Pekin PSD 108 totals 3,126 students.
By race and ethnicity, C B Smith Elementary School is 84% White. Next come 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at C B Smith Elementary School is 15.1:1, based on 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. C B Smith Elementary School counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Tazewell County, the average is 39%.
A school with C B Smith Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 28.0%. C B Smith Elementary School scores 28.9%, within a point of that line.
In Tazewell County, the median household earns about $77,982 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Tazewell County has 56 public schools with about 18,581 students, including C B Smith Elementary School.
Edison Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. C B Smith Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 28.9% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 264, compared with 244 in 2020-21.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pekin PSD 108
- Wilson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 600 students
- Washington Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Broadmoor Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Edison Junior High SchoolMiddle · 271 students
- Pekin Preschool Family Ed CenterElementary · 201 students
Other schools in Pekin
- Pekin Community High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Wilson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 600 students
- Washington Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Broadmoor Junior High SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Edison Junior High SchoolMiddle · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Edison Junior High School0.1 mi · 271
- L E Starke Elementary School0.7 mi · 139
- Willow Elementary School0.7 mi · 192
- Broadmoor Junior High School1.2 mi · 387
- Washington Intermediate School1.2 mi · 428
- Pekin Community High School1.4 mi · 1,712
Frequently asked questions
About C B Smith Elementary SchoolHow large is C B Smith Elementary School?
C B Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does C B Smith Elementary School serve?
C B Smith Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C B Smith Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C B Smith Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at C B Smith Elementary School?
At C B Smith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees C B Smith Elementary School?
C B Smith Elementary School is overseen by Pekin PSD 108 in Tazewell County.
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