Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIERCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317551001494
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
211 N 7TH, PIERCE, NE 68767 · (402) 329-4302 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
79 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 37%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PIERCE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PIERCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
75.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska 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 Nebraska'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 (69.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 338 | 23.4% | 69.2% |
| NORTH BEND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BEND | 277 | 24.9% | 75.9% |
| BLAIR DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY BLAIR | 397 | 23.4% | 75.4% |
| BATTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BATTLE CREEK | 292 | 21.2% | 75.1% |
| ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARLINGTON | 372 | 25.3% | 73.6% |
| CONESTOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MURRAY | 376 | 27.1% | 65.8% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #101 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #65 of 398 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #173 of 438 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #204 of 587 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #144 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #354 of 379 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #264 of 359 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #212 of 220 |
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
338
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
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 | 338 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 23.8 | 14.5:1 | 25% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 23.7 | 14.5:1 | 25% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 29% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 22.9 | 14.9:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 24% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (342 to 338); teachers up 9% (22.9 to 25).
About PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school for students in PIERCE, Nebraska. The school enrolls 338 students in pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 272 students for elementary schools in Nebraska.
The district for PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is PIERCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 2 schools and 678 students.
The share of White students at PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 93%. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic. In Pierce County overall, the White share is about 94%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
There are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. Across elementary schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 21.0:1. Of all students at PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 23% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 71% of Nebraska public elementary schools.
Schools in Nebraska with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.2%. PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 69.2%.
In the wider Pierce County area, the median household earns about $72,357 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Pierce County with 5 other public schools.
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is PIERCE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (about 0.3 miles). PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 354 to 338. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.6:1, from 15.4:1.
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,325
Census ACS
Median income
$72,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Pierce Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pierce Elementary. PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Pierce Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 662 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBIRMINGHAM, MI · 556 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 334 students
- Pierce ElementaryRidgecrest, CA · 297 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBennington, NH · 55 students
Nearby schools
- PIERCE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 340
- BEL AIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.9 mi · 333
- OSMOND HIGH SCHOOL12.0 mi · 80
- OSMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.0 mi · 106
- LITTLE PANTHERS PRESCHOOL12.3 mi · 319
- NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL12.4 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PIERCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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