Pierce Early Childhood

Size

Pierce Early Childhood is the smallest of Irving ISD's 3 schools; its 262 students are 0.9% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 8.3 miles away and have a median of 263 students, so Pierce Early Childhood is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Pierce Early Childhood serves a single grade, pre-K, with 262 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 86.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Irving ISD (76.6%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

90.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 85.2% across Irving ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Pierce Early Childhood has 14.96 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 262 students would have about 15.4 teachers, so Pierce Early Childhood has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other school is Kinkeade Early Childhood, 2.2 miles away in the same district. There are 2 schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.