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How has Peterson Elem School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
913
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001033
Peterson Elementary School
5510 N Christiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 · (773) 534-5070 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL913 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
519 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 | 58 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (88).
Student demographics
72%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
Peterson Elementary School→Mather 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
49.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.5pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.3% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 24.2% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Peterson Elementary School
Peterson Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterson Elementary School this school | 913 | 56.8% | 42.8% |
| Rogers Elementary School Chicago | 790 | 60.4% | 51.1% |
| Thomas Edison Elementary School Morton Grove | 605 | 59.5% | 41.3% |
| Clarence E Culver School Niles | 666 | 53.6% | 53.7% |
| Jamieson Elementary School Chicago | 825 | 67.6% | 47.0% |
| Robert Frost Elementary School Mount Prospect | 532 | 57.9% | 26.2% |
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 Peterson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #829 of 1,925 | #219 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,049 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #308 of 829 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #1,018 of 2,077 ▼ 147 | #331 of 829 ▼ 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 913 | #30 of 2,419 | #26 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,527 of 2,035 | #661 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #76 of 2,042 | #35 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #1,105 of 2,132 | #565 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #521 of 615 | #162 of 186 |
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
913
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 713
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 | 913 | 61 | 15.0:1 | 57% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 899 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 64% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 60% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 53 | 16.8:1 | 73% (653) |
| 2015-16 | 927 | 51 | 18.2:1 | 75% (698) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 43 | 20.5:1 | 78% (691) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 41 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 36 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peterson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (891 to 913); teachers up 15% (53 to 61).
About Peterson Elementary School
Located in Chicago, Illinois, Peterson Elementary School is a large elementary school. The school counted 913 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 140% above the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 includes 622 schools. Together they enroll 324,396 students.
About 37% of students at Peterson Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 27% Asian, 26% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Staffing at Peterson Elementary School comes to 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. On the income side, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
A school with Peterson Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 38.7%. Peterson Elementary School scores 42.8%, 4.1 points above that line.
In Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Northside College Preparatory High School sits about 0.3 miles from Peterson Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 42.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Peterson Elementary School enrolled 908; in 2024-25, 913.
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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 Peterson Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Peterson Elementary. Peterson Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Peterson Elementary SchoolKlamath Falls, OR · 573 students
- Peterson ElementaryRed Springs, NC · 539 students
- Peterson ElemWichita, KS · 321 students
- Peterson ElementaryKodiak, AK · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Northside College Preparatory High School0.3 mi · 1,061
- Von Steuben Metro Science High School0.6 mi · 1,698
- Jamieson Elementary School0.6 mi · 825
- Mather High School0.7 mi · 1,777
- Hibbard Elementary School0.8 mi · 924
- Edison Elementary Regional Gifted Cntr0.8 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Peterson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Peterson Elementary School?
Peterson Elementary School enrolls approximately 913 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Peterson Elementary School serve?
Peterson Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peterson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peterson Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Peterson Elementary School?
At Peterson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 27% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Peterson Elementary School in?
Peterson Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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