Pearce Elementary School

Pearce Elementary School, a very small primary school in PEARCE, Arizona, operated by Pearce Elementary District (4186), serves 136 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 451.

Pearce Elementary School is a school of Pearce Elementary District (4186), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Pearce Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 38% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Pearce Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cochise County) records that the typical household earns roughly $59,742 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Cochise County's 87 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,288 students), Pearce Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ash Creek Elementary, around 11.1 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 51%: 90 students in 2018 compared to 136 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 38%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.