PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD

PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD is one of the small elementary schools in IRVING, Texas, run under IRVING ISD, with 262 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within IRVING ISD, which oversees 37 schools and 31,918 students, PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 6% White, 4% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD is one.

The closest other public school is BARBARA CARDWELL CAREER PREPARATORY CENTER, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PIERCE EARLY CHILDHOOD operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 47%: 492 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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