Enrollment
165
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEKIN PSD 108·NCES 173108005048
Dirksen Elementary School
1000 Koch St, Pekin, IL 61554 · (309) 477-4711 · Tazewell County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
120 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 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 28% |
Student demographics
19%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
21.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 5.6% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Dirksen Elementary School
Dirksen Elementary School's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirksen Elementary School this school | 165 | 72.7% | 18.4% |
| Lovington Grade School Lovington | 148 | 72.3% | 27.7% |
| Tampico Elementary School Tampico | 156 | 70.5% | 51.3% |
| Odell Grade School Odell | 155 | 75.5% | 38.7% |
| Hartford Elementary School Hartford | 172 | 72.7% | 31.5% |
| Willow Elementary School Pekin | 192 | 75.0% | 37.0% |
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 Dirksen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #1,656 of 1,925 | #25 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,558 of 2,077 ▲ 281 | #23 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,893 of 2,077 ▼ 301 | #24 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #2,167 of 2,419 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #673 of 2,132 | #5 of 28 |
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
165
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 194
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 | 165 | 10.5 | 15.7:1 | 73% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 10.5 | 16.8:1 | 78% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 11.1 | 16.7:1 | 78% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 10.9 | 17.3:1 | 65% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 9 | 18.2:1 | 63% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 67% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dirksen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (188 to 165); teachers down 4% (10.9 to 10.5).
About Dirksen Elementary School
Dirksen Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Pekin, Illinois. The school enrolls 165 students in kindergarten through 3. On average, elementary schools in Illinois enroll around 381, and this school is 57% below that mark.
The 11 schools in Pekin PSD 108 enroll 3,126 students altogether, Dirksen Elementary School among them.
Dirksen Elementary School is 90% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Tazewell County, where about 93% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dirksen Elementary School scores 19%.
The school has 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. The school reported 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Tazewell County average 39%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dirksen Elementary School is -11.1 points: 18.4% actual, 29.5% predicted.
Tazewell County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $77,982, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,581, Dirksen Elementary School among them.
Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center is the nearest public school to Dirksen Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Dirksen Elementary School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dirksen Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% increase, from 155 to 165.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Dirksen Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- C B Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 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
Other Dirksen Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dirksen Elementary. Dirksen Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dirksen Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 1,263 students
Nearby schools
- Pekin Preschool Family Ed Center0.0 mi · 201
- Wilson Intermediate School0.1 mi · 600
- Jefferson Elementary School0.9 mi · 290
- Washington Intermediate School1.0 mi · 428
- Pekin Community High School1.2 mi · 1,712
- Scott Altman Primary School1.6 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Dirksen Elementary SchoolHow large is Dirksen Elementary School?
Dirksen Elementary School enrolls approximately 165 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Dirksen Elementary School serve?
Dirksen Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Dirksen Elementary School have?
Dirksen Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dirksen Elementary School?
At Dirksen Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Dirksen Elementary School?
Dirksen Elementary School is overseen by Pekin PSD 108 in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.