📍 5511 N Hesperides St, Tampa, Hillsborough County, 33614
Pierce Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tampa, Hillsborough County. The school has 845 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hillsborough school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths.
Pierce Middle School enrolls 845 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 11% Black or African American and 6.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 661 | 78% |
| Black or African American | 94 | 11% |
| White | 58 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 17 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
612 of the school's 845 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 574 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pierce Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 62.
Pierce Middle School is one of 309 schools in HILLSBOROUGH, based in TAMPA, Florida. The district serves 220,360 students district-wide and employs 12,405 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 845 students, Pierce Middle School is larger than the district average of about 713 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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