Pierce Elementary School

Pierce Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District, with 334 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Cedar Rapids Comm School District comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 15,494 students; Pierce Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pierce Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% multiracial, 10% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Pierce Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Pierce Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.5%; this one delivers 71.6%.

In the broader community, Linn County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Pierce Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John F Kennedy High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pierce Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pierce Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 62.4%.

Pierce Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Pierce Elementary School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 382 (now 334). White enrollment moved from 75% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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