📍 451 N. Arroyo Blvd, Nogales, Santa Cruz County, 85621
Pierson High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Nogales, Santa Cruz County. The school has 142 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nogales Unified District (4457) school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
Pierson High School enrolls 142 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
121 of the school's 142 students (85%) 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.
Pierson High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 OK-70.
Pierson High School is one of 11 schools in Nogales Unified District (4457), based in NOGALES, Arizona. The district serves 5,696 students district-wide and employs 270 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 142 students, Pierson High School is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
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