EP Pearce Elementary

Located at 2006 Pleasant Ridge Road, in Greensboro, North Carolina, EP Pearce Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school that instructs 653 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. That puts it 40% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Guilford County Schools runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 68,535 students. EP Pearce Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, EP Pearce Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting EP Pearce Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Guilford County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EP Pearce Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 81.4%.

In the broader community, Guilford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,642 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which EP Pearce Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northwest Guilford High, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EP Pearce Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 66.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 736 students in 2018 compared to 653 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 61% across the same window.

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