📍 PO Box 50, Paxton, Ford County, 60957
Clara Peterson Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paxton, Ford County. The school has 624 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Barry Wright. It is part of the Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Clara Peterson Elem School enrolls 624 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 518 | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 624 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Clara Peterson Elem School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 53, state house district 106.
Clara Peterson Elem School is one of 4 schools in Paxton-Buckley-Loda CUD 10, based in Paxton, Illinois. The district serves 1,230 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 624 students, Clara Peterson Elem School is larger than the district average of about 308 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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