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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 3

Dirksen Elementary School, Pekin, IL

CEP schoolDirksen Elementary School is a public elementary school in Pekin, part of Pekin PSD 108 School District. It enrolled 165 students in 2024-25, with 16.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
165
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
16.5
Grades
K to 3

This school's ratio is 2.3 higher than the district figure of 14.2. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.5
District14.2
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1000 Koch St, Pekin, IL 61554
Phone
(309)477-4711
District
Pekin PSD 108 School District
County
Tazewell County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
173108005048
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
12072.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Pekin PSD 108 School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Pekin

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.