Peifer Elementary School

Peifer Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Schererville, Indiana, part of Lake Central School Corporation, caters to 420 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Lake Central School Corporation comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 8,985 students; Peifer Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Peifer Elementary School reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Lake County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lake County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Peifer Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,493, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Peifer Elementary School is one of 121 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: Homan Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peifer Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Peifer Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peifer Elementary School has shrank 3%, going from 431 students in 2018 to 420 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 65% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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