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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870008909
Pearcy STEM Academy
601 E HARRIS RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76002 · (682) 867-5555 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
359 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Pearcy STEM Academy
Pearcy STEM Academy's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearcy STEM Academy this school | 511 | 70.3% | 51.8% |
| Janet Brockett Elementary School ARLINGTON | 398 | 66.8% | 45.9% |
| Dorothy Martinez Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 541 | 61.6% | 25.3% |
| Richland Elementary School RICHARDSON | 643 | 73.7% | 38.8% |
| Nita Pearson Elementary School ROWLETT | 455 | 75.2% | 34.2% |
| John D Spicer Elementary School HALTOM CITY | 431 | 67.7% | 42.4% |
Matched among Texas 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 Pearcy STEM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,285 of 4,401 | #76 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,038 of 4,466 ▼ 128 | #54 of 339 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,228 of 4,466 ▲ 432 | #76 of 339 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,741 of 3,998 | #206 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,407 of 4,938 | #159 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #565 of 4,622 | #37 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #419 of 4,628 | #74 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #2,545 of 4,789 | #188 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #921 of 1,307 | #46 of 72 |
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
511
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
+56% since 2000-01, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 511 | 40.6 | 12.6:1 | 70% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 40.1 | 13.3:1 | 73% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 37.8 | 14.5:1 | 72% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 66% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 56% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 55% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 49% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 21% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearcy STEM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (480 to 511); teachers up 23% (33 to 40.6).
About Pearcy STEM Academy
Pearcy STEM Academy is a mid-sized elementary school for students in ARLINGTON, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 511 students.
In ARLINGTON ISD, 75 schools enroll a combined 53,394 students.
The biggest share of students at Pearcy STEM Academy, 44%, is Black. Next come 22% Hispanic, 17% White, 12% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 18% Black among all Tarrant County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Pearcy STEM Academy has 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Pearcy STEM Academy.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.7% at Pearcy STEM Academy; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.8%.
The county, Tarrant County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 639, with about 385,835 students.
Pearcy STEM Academy is about 0.4 miles from Seguin High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.4% on proficiency, and Pearcy STEM Academy is above that at 51.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 7% across 4 years, from 552 in 2020-21 to 511 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.2:1 to 12.6:1.
The allk12 page for Pearcy STEM Academy 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.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Seguin High School0.4 mi · 1,554
- Imogene Gideon Elementary School0.6 mi · 340
- Ashworth Elementary School0.7 mi · 464
- Ousley Junior High School1.0 mi · 782
- Janet Brockett Elementary School1.1 mi · 398
- James Coble Middle School1.1 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Pearcy STEM AcademyHow large is Pearcy STEM Academy?
Pearcy STEM Academy enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pearcy STEM Academy serve?
Pearcy STEM Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pearcy STEM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pearcy STEM Academy is approximately 12.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pearcy STEM Academy?
At Pearcy STEM Academy, the student body is approximately 17% White, 22% Hispanic, 44% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pearcy STEM Academy?
Pearcy STEM Academy is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.