Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000256
Pierce Elementary School
4343 Marilyn DR NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 · (319) 558-2373 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
110 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
81.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.6% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 70.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Pierce Elementary School
Pierce Elementary School's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Elementary School this school | 334 | 32.9% | 71.6% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary Cedar Rapids | 438 | 34.7% | 81.4% |
| Buford Garner Elementary North Liberty | 344 | 31.1% | 68.8% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School Sergeant Bluff | 383 | 36.0% | 77.1% |
| East Ridge Elementary Coralville | 442 | 32.4% | 74.4% |
| Cedar Heights Elementary School Cedar Falls | 451 | 33.7% | 73.3% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Pierce Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #302 of 564 | #19 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #184 of 564 ▲ 187 | #11 of 39 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #267 of 564 ▲ 54 | #20 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #315 of 705 | #27 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #349 of 561 | #27 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #222 of 561 | #26 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #461 of 666 | #32 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #183 of 359 | #16 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
334
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 334 | 23.8 | 14.1:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 23.9 | 13.6:1 | 35% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 37% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 24.3 | 15.7:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 36% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pierce Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (382 to 334); teachers down 2% (24.3 to 23.8).
About Pierce Elementary School
Pierce Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 334 students.
Cedar Rapids Comm School District, which runs Pierce Elementary School, has 35 schools and 15,494 students.
The largest group at Pierce Elementary School is White students, at 69%. Other students are 13% multiracial, 10% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Linn County residents are about 84% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
A staff of 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 33%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pierce Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Pierce Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.6%, compared with a predicted 75.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Linn County, median household income comes to about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linn County counts 83 public schools with about 36,480 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Pierce Elementary School from the closest public school, John F Kennedy High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pierce Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Pierce Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 334, compared with 354 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.1:1, from 15.4:1.
The allk12 page for Pierce Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
Other Pierce Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pierce Elementary. Pierce Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Pierce Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 662 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBIRMINGHAM, MI · 556 students
- PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPIERCE, NE · 338 students
- Pierce ElementaryRidgecrest, CA · 297 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBennington, NH · 55 students
Nearby schools
- John F Kennedy High School0.2 mi · 1,648
- Wright Elementary School1.0 mi · 282
- Hiawatha Elementary School1.1 mi · 334
- Harding Middle School1.4 mi · 710
- Nixon Elementary School1.5 mi · 289
- Garfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 202
Frequently asked questions
About Pierce Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pierce Elementary School?
Pierce Elementary School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pierce Elementary School serve?
Pierce Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pierce Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pierce Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pierce Elementary School?
At Pierce Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 4% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Pierce Elementary School?
Pierce Elementary School is overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District in Linn County.
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