📍 1008 Pierce Street, Tupelo, Lee County, 38801
Pierce Street Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 336 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 3–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pierce Street Elementary School enrolls 336 students across grades 3–6. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 38% White and 9.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 156 | 46% |
| White | 129 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
333 of the school's 336 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 201 qualify for free lunch and 132 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 Street Elementary 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 MS-10, state senate district 7, state house district 16.
Pierce Street Elementary School is one of 14 schools in Tupelo Public School District, based in Tupelo, Mississippi. The district serves 7,192 students district-wide and employs 588 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 336 students, Pierce Street Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 514 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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