📍 85 Park Avenue Ext, Arlington, Middlesex County, 02174
Peirce is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arlington, Middlesex County. The school has 364 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Arlington school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Peirce enrolls 364 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 15% Asian and 9.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 64% |
| Asian | 56 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 9.4% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 6.4% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 5.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
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.
Peirce is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-50, state senate district 24, state house district 140.
Peirce is one of 11 schools in Arlington, based in Arlington, Massachusetts. The district serves 6,113 students district-wide and employs 486 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 364 students, Peirce is smaller than the district average of about 556 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large