Pierce Street Elementary School

Located at 1008 Pierce Street, in Tupelo, Mississippi, Pierce Street Elementary School is a tight-knit K-5 school that caters to 345 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Tupelo Public School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Pierce Street Elementary School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Tupelo Public School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,192 students. Pierce Street Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pierce Street Elementary School reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pierce Street Elementary School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Pierce Street Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pierce Street Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 60.0%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household income runs about $67,863, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Pierce Street Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students).

The closest other public school is Tupelo Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Pierce Street Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 348 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Pierce Street Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.