Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000794
Clara J Peck Elementary
1601 West Florida Street, Greensboro, NC 27403 · (336) 370-8235 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
635 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
32.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
39.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Clara J Peck Elementary
Clara J Peck Elementary's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara J Peck Elementary this school | 638 | 99.5% | 37.4% |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary Raleigh | 551 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| University Meadows Elementary Charlotte | 737 | 99.6% | 42.0% |
| East Garner Elementary Garner | 535 | 99.4% | 43.5% |
| Hornets Nest Elementary Charlotte | 601 | 99.5% | 34.0% |
| Barwell Road Elementary Raleigh | 648 | 99.5% | 48.9% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Clara J Peck Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,154 of 1,297 | #51 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,151 of 1,296 | #54 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,136 of 1,300 | #50 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #285 of 1,485 | #13 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #757 of 1,377 | #41 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #671 of 1,379 | #37 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #112 of 1,414 | #8 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +117.7% | #6 of 369 | #2 of 19 |
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
638
+372 (+140%) vs 2020
+51% since 2000-01, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 638 | 42.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (635) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 24.6 | 12.6:1 | 99% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 25.2 | 10.6:1 | 99% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 21.6 | 13.6:1 | 99% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 99% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 93% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 40 | 10.6:1 | 91% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clara J Peck Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 118% (293 to 638); teachers up 97% (21.6 to 42.5).
About Clara J Peck Elementary
Clara J Peck Elementary is a public elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 638 students. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 37% larger than average.
Guilford County Schools operates 123 schools. Combined enrollment is 68,535 students.
A majority of students at Clara J Peck Elementary, 54%, are Black. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Guilford County's residents are about 34% Black, 21 points below the school's share. Clara J Peck Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.0 students per teacher and 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 11 points lower.
Clara J Peck Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Clara J Peck Elementary are 11.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.4% actual, 48.5% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Guilford County, median household income is about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 143 public schools operate in Guilford County, serving about 79,539 students.
Of nearby public schools, Jackson Middle is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.8%, higher than Clara J Peck Elementary's 37.4%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Federal records list enrollment at Clara J Peck Elementary as 266 in 2020-21 and 638 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.6:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Middle0.6 mi · 458
- Murphey Traditional Academy0.7 mi · 328
- Wiley Accel/Enrichment0.9 mi · 198
- Erwin Montessori0.9 mi · 221
- Julius I Foust Elementary1.1 mi · 661
- David D Jones Elementary1.2 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About Clara J Peck ElementaryHow many students attend Clara J Peck Elementary?
Clara J Peck Elementary enrolls approximately 638 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Clara J Peck Elementary serve?
Clara J Peck Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Clara J Peck Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Clara J Peck Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Clara J Peck Elementary?
Student demographics at Clara J Peck Elementary are roughly 5% White, 29% Hispanic, 54% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Clara J Peck Elementary?
Clara J Peck Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.