📍 1 W 1st Ave, Pierson, Volusia County, 32180
Pierson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pierson, Volusia County. The school has 490 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Volusia school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths.
Pierson Elementary School enrolls 490 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 282 | 58% |
| White | 194 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
376 of the school's 490 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 365 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pierson Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 FL-60, state senate district 7, state house district 24.
Pierson Elementary School is one of 90 schools in VOLUSIA, based in DELAND, Florida. The district serves 61,724 students district-wide and employs 3,637 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 490 students, Pierson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 686 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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