L E Starke Elementary School
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 3 · Pekin, Illinois
L E Starke Elementary School in Pekin, Illinois enrolled 139 students in 2024-25 with 12.5 full-time teachers, 11.1 students per teacher against the Illinois elementary-school median of 13.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 10% or less of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Illinois: 29.9% and 26.6%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 17%
138 students in 2022-23, 126 students in 2023-24, 139 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 15.0 to 12.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 138 | 15.0 | 9.2 |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 13.5 | 9.3 |
| 2024-25 | 139 | 12.5 | 11.1 |
11.1 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 80 of every 100 Illinois elementary schools
Among the 2,300 Illinois elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.1; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 316 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection L E Starke Elementary School enrolled 158 students and had 0.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.5, one per 316 of the 158 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent30.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
82.0% of students were White, 6.5% of two or more races, 5.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White82.0%
- Two or more races6.5%
- Hispanic5.8%
- Black2.9%
- Asian1.4%
- Pacific Islander1.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at L E Starke Elementary School scored proficient or above: 10% or less in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 10% or less | 20% | 29.9% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 11‑19% | not published | 26.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in Pekin
7 public elementary schools in Pekin report 2024-25 enrollment; L E Starke Elementary School is number 7 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School | 290 | 14.9 | not reported |
| C B Smith Elementary School | 264 | 15.1 | not reported |
| Rankin Elementary School | 196 | 10.1 | not reported |
| Willow Elementary School | 192 | 14.2 | not reported |
| Scott Altman Primary School | 189 | 18.0 | not reported |
| Dirksen Elementary School | 165 | 15.7 | not reported |
| L E Starke Elementary School | 139 | 11.1 | not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about L E Starke Elementary School
- Willow Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 0.5 miles away: 192 students, 14.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.5 mi
- C B Smith Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 0.7 miles away: 264 students, 15.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.7 mi
- Compare L E Starke Elementary School with Willow Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Pekin Public Schools spends per student$16,904 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,904
- The largest public schools in IllinoisL E Starke Elementary School is the number 2,173 by size of 2,314 Illinois elementary schools open in 2024-25.#2,173 of 2,314
- Illinois schools by students per teacher11.1 students per teacher here against the Illinois median of 13.1 for elementary schools.11.1:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about L E Starke Elementary School
How many students attend L E Starke Elementary School?
139 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 138 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Pekin, IL.What is the student-teacher ratio at L E Starke Elementary School?
11.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Illinois median for elementary schools is 13.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is L E Starke Elementary School a Title I school?
L E Starke Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at L E Starke Elementary School do on state tests?
The students tested at L E Starke Elementary School scored proficient or above: 10% or less in reading in 2021-22 and 11-19% in math in 2022-23, against 29.9% in reading in 2021-22 and 26.6% in math in 2022-23 across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is L E Starke Elementary School in?
Pekin Public Schools, NCES district ID 1731080. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 173108003237 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.