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What's something Peifer Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180545000986
Peifer Elementary School
1824 S Cline, Schererville, IN 46375 · (219) 322-5335 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
154 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
56.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Peifer Elementary School
Peifer Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peifer Elementary School this school | 420 | 36.7% | 49.5% |
| Homan Elementary School Schererville | 472 | 37.7% | 58.1% |
| Harrison Parkway Elementary School Fishers | 568 | 39.8% | 65.9% |
| Southridge Elementary School Highland | 439 | 42.4% | 47.5% |
| Ethel R Jones Elementary School Portage | 363 | 43.5% | 40.0% |
| George L Myers Elementary School Portage | 332 | 41.3% | 37.0% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Peifer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #313 of 983 | #20 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #309 of 986 | #21 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #284 of 986 | #20 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #555 of 1,079 | #47 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #305 of 991 | #12 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #207 of 996 | #12 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #838 of 1,058 | #50 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #530 of 597 | #33 of 39 |
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
420
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 37% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 28.5 | 15.6:1 | 38% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 29.8 | 15.8:1 | 37% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 44 | 10.2:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 25.3 | 17.0:1 | 32% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 24% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 24% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 31 | 21.5:1 | 5% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 28 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peifer Elementary School.
About Peifer Elementary School
Peifer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Schererville, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 420 students in pre-K through 4.
The district, Lake Central School Corporation, has 8,985 students enrolled across 10 schools.
About 51% of the student body at Peifer Elementary School is White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Lake County residents are about 55% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 30 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. About 37% of students at Peifer Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lake County average 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Peifer Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 57% of Indiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Peifer Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 49.5% actual against 49.6% predicted.
In Lake County, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Lake County has 121 public schools with about 74,661 students, including Peifer Elementary School.
The closest school to Peifer Elementary School is Homan Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Peifer Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.5% against a local average of 51.4%.
The federal government classifies Peifer Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Peifer Elementary School enrolled 449 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 420. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.0:1) than in 2020-21 (10.2:1).
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Central School Corporation
- Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 2,926 students
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kahler Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Michael Grimmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- James H Watson Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Protsman Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
Other schools in Schererville
- Michael Grimmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- James H Watson Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Homan Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Homan Elementary School0.7 mi · 472
- James H Watson Elementary School1.5 mi · 660
- Michael Grimmer Middle School1.5 mi · 814
- Lake Central High School2.6 mi · 2,926
- Kolling Elementary School2.8 mi · 529
- Hal E Clark Middle School2.8 mi · 1,032
Frequently asked questions
About Peifer Elementary SchoolHow large is Peifer Elementary School?
Peifer Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-04.
Is Peifer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peifer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Peifer Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Peifer Elementary School.
How diverse is Peifer Elementary School?
Peifer Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Peifer Elementary School in?
Peifer Elementary School is part of Lake Central School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.