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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001025
Peck Elementary School
3826 W 58th St, Chicago, IL 60629 · (773) 535-2450 · Cook County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
710 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 188 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (137).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Peck Elementary School→Curie Metropolitan High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
37.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 12.6% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Peck Elementary School
Peck Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peck Elementary School this school | 777 | 91.4% | 28.8% |
| Monarcas Academy Chicago | 797 | 91.5% | 40.3% |
| Hurley Elementary School Chicago | 748 | 89.7% | 37.0% |
| Sandoval Elementary School Chicago | 736 | 91.7% | 29.5% |
| Lloyd Elementary School Chicago | 844 | 91.7% | 21.7% |
| Abe Lincoln Elementary School Cicero | 717 | 92.2% | 36.3% |
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 Peck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,308 of 1,925 | #415 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #1,410 of 2,077 ▲ 97 | #441 of 829 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #1,445 of 2,077 ▼ 151 | #509 of 829 ▼ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #70 of 2,419 | #51 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,534 of 2,035 | #663 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.1% | #1,973 of 2,042 | #774 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #246 of 2,132 | #177 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #519 of 1,461 | #301 of 661 |
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
777
-68 (-8%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 550
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 | 777 | 51.8 | 15.0:1 | 91% (710) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 90% (685) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 51.5 | 15.5:1 | 93% (744) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 42.3 | 22.5:1 | 95% (899) |
| 2015-16 | 1,626 | 78 | 20.9:1 | 95% (1,547) |
| 2010-11 | 1,575 | 71 | 22.2:1 | 97% (1,524) |
| 2000-01 | 1,276 | 60 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 25 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (951 to 777); teachers up 22% (42.3 to 51.8).
About Peck Elementary School
At 3826 W 58th St in Chicago, Illinois, Peck Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. Students in pre-K through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 777 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students.
Peck Elementary School is one school in a 622-school district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students.
About 97% of the student body at Peck Elementary School is Hispanic. County-wide, 27% of Cook County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.0:1. This ratio sits 1.1 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 91%. That is 25 points above the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Peck Elementary School's results are 10.1 points above predicted: 28.8% against 18.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Peck Elementary School is one of 1,406 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, about 0.4 miles away. Peck Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Peck Elementary School at 6th of 9.
Federal data place Peck Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Peck Elementary School had 845 students, to 2024-25, when it had 777.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Peck Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Peck Elementary. Peck Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Peck Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 288 students
- PECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPECK, ID · 34 students
Nearby schools
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz0.4 mi · 542
- Richardson Middle School0.4 mi · 844
- Sandoval Elementary School0.5 mi · 736
- Hubbard High School0.6 mi · 1,710
- Hernandez Middle School0.6 mi · 720
- Monarcas Academy0.6 mi · 797
Frequently asked questions
About Peck Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Peck Elementary School serve?
Peck Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Peck Elementary School have?
Peck Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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