📍 199 E 70th Pl, Merrillville, Lake County, 46410
Pierce Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Merrillville, Lake County. The school has 919 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Merrillville Community School Corp school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pierce Middle School enrolls 919 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 63 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 617 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 172 | 19% |
| White | 66 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 6% |
| Asian | 9 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
644 of the school's 919 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 549 qualify for free lunch and 95 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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 IN-10, state senate district 2, state house district 14.
Pierce Middle School is one of 8 schools in Merrillville Community School Corp, based in Merrillville, Indiana. The district serves 5,904 students district-wide and employs 392 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 919 students, Pierce Middle School is larger than the district average of about 738 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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