Peirce Elem Intl Studies School

Peirce Elem Intl Studies School operates as a large K-5 school in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 1,116 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Peirce Elem Intl Studies School sits 193% larger than that benchmark.

Peirce Elem Intl Studies School is one of 622 schools operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, a district that teaches 324,396 students overall.

Demographically, Peirce Elem Intl Studies School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Peirce Elem Intl Studies School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Peirce Elem Intl Studies School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.8%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Across the wider county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Peirce Elem Intl Studies School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Asian Human Srvcs-Passage Chrtr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peirce Elem Intl Studies School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.4%.

Peirce Elem Intl Studies School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 1,018 students in 2018 compared to 1,116 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 28% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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