PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in PIERSON, Florida, overseen by VOLUSIA. Current enrollment sits at 534 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 87 schools operated by VOLUSIA, a district that hosts 61,765 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% White. By comparison, Volusia County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Volusia County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Volusia County shows median household earnings sit near $70,044, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Volusia County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 4%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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