Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School

Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School operates as a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in Packwood, Iowa, one of the schools within Pekin Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 258 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Within Pekin Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 566 students, Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.8%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,974 students), Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pekin Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School has increased 21%, going from 214 students in 2018 to 258 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Pekin Community Junior/ Senior High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.