Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002551
Peck Elementary School
5001 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77021 · (713) 845-7463 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
280 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
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 | 60 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Peck Elementary School
Peck Elementary School's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peck Elementary School this school | 288 | 97.2% | 35.7% |
| King Early Childhood Center HOUSTON | 299 | 99.3% | N/A |
| Mading Elementary School HOUSTON | 298 | 96.3% | 26.9% |
| C F Carr Elementary School DALLAS | 259 | 98.8% | 39.9% |
| Maudrie Walton Elementary School FORT WORTH | 271 | 94.8% | 28.1% |
| Marshall Ech Center MARSHALL | 276 | 97.5% | N/A |
Matched among Texas 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 Peck Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #3,096 of 4,401 | #434 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,984 of 4,466 ▼ 841 | #435 of 625 ▼ 138 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,147 of 4,466 ▼ 680 | #439 of 625 ▼ 110 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,422 of 3,998 | #386 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,271 of 4,938 | #624 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #88 of 4,622 | #11 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #2,292 of 4,628 | #307 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #257 of 4,789 | #76 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #94 of 2,838 | #29 of 441 |
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
288
-119 (-29%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 514
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 288 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 97% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 98% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 98% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 97% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 31.5 | 16.8:1 | 91% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 89% (508) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 48% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 12 | 27.3:1 | 82% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 23 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peck Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (529 to 288); teachers down 14% (31.5 to 27).
About Peck Elementary School
Peck Elementary School is a small elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school has 288 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
The 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD enroll 176,727 students altogether, Peck Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Peck Elementary School is Black: 57%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic. The county population is about 19% Black. The diversity index for Peck Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 27 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Roughly 97% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Peck Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.2% for Peck Elementary School. The school posts 35.7%, 3.5 points above the prediction.
In Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Peck Elementary School.
Peck Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from KIPP Liberation College Preparatory, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Peck Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.7% against a local average of 34.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Peck Elementary School as City: Large.
The school shrank from 407 students in 2020-21 to 288 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
On allk12, people connected to Peck Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Peck Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Peck Elementary. Peck Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Peck Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 777 students
- PECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPECK, ID · 34 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP Liberation College Preparatory0.3 mi · 405
- KIPP Peace Elementary School0.4 mi · 525
- Beatrice Mayes Institute Charter School0.8 mi · 558
- Hartsfield Elementary School1.0 mi · 287
- Southside Elementary School1.3 mi · 675
- YES Prep - Southside1.3 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About Peck Elementary SchoolHow large is Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Peck Elementary School serve?
Peck Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Peck Elementary School?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Peck Elementary School.
How diverse is Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 40% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Peck Elementary School?
Peck Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.