Clara J Peck Elementary

Located at 1601 West Florida Street, in Greensboro, North Carolina, Clara J Peck Elementary is a medium-sized primary school that serves 638 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Clara J Peck Elementary sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Clara J Peck Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Clara J Peck Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 29% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, On paper, Clara J Peck Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

After controlling for student poverty, Clara J Peck Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Guilford County shows median household income runs about $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Clara J Peck Elementary is one.

Jackson Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clara J Peck Elementary. On composite proficiency, Clara J Peck Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Clara J Peck Elementary's enrollment has expanded 118% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 638). Black enrollment moved from 48% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.