Peck Community Elem School

Peck Community Elem School is an elementary campus of small scale in PECK, Michigan, operated by Peck Community School District, hosting 174 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Peck Community Elem School sits 53% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Peck Community School District (376 students total), Peck Community Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Peck Community Elem School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Sanilac County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sanilac County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Peck Community Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 49.9%, a residual of +14.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Sanilac County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,863, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Sanilac County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,377 students), Peck Community Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Peck JrSr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peck Community Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Peck Community Elem School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 166 (now 174). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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