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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192001998
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
657 N CENTER ST, PIERSON, FL 32180 · (386) 749-6704 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
392 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 46.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 534 | 73.4% | 48.0% |
| NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OKEECHOBEE | 528 | 78.8% | 45.1% |
| J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 530 | 69.1% | 39.7% |
| ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZOLFO SPRINGS | 512 | 78.5% | 48.5% |
| WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 577 | 75.7% | 58.5% |
| NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 516 | 76.9% | 43.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,432 of 2,136 | #37 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,473 of 2,149 ▲ 74 | #36 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,328 of 2,149 ▲ 354 | #33 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #1,285 of 2,267 | #29 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,646 of 2,077 | #42 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #1,277 of 2,108 | #31 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #327 of 2,188 | #7 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #1,187 of 1,374 | #27 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
+58 (+12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 73% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 79% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 35.8 | 13.7:1 | 77% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 73% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 87% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 50 | 11.5:1 | 87% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 88% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 87% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 34 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of PIERSON, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 534 students in pre-K through 5.
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by VOLUSIA, whose 87 schools enroll 61,765 students.
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 54% Hispanic. Next come 43% White. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all Volusia County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.8:1, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 73% of enrollment. It compares with 53% for public schools in Volusia County.
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.0% and a predicted 44.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Volusia County, median household income is about $70,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 90 public schools in Volusia County.
The school nearest to PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 476 in 2020-21 and 534 in 2024-25, a 12% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.2:1 to 17.8:1.
Community posts for PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
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- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Nearby schools
- T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,044
- LOUISE S. MCINNIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 358
- MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 1,056
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL15.3 mi · 945
- HOPE FOREST ACADEMY15.7 mi · 1
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.1 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VOLUSIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.