Pierce Early Childhood

Pierce Early Childhood is a small elementary school in IRVING, Texas, one of the schools in IRVING ISD. The school runs pre-K and enrolls 262 students. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 50% below average.

Pierce Early Childhood is part of IRVING ISD, where 37 schools serve 31,918 students.

Roughly 87% of students at Pierce Early Childhood are Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The diversity index for Pierce Early Childhood is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.5 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Of all students at Pierce Early Childhood, 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.

The school's county is Dallas County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Pierce Early Childhood among them.

Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center is the nearest public school to Pierce Early Childhood, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Pierce Early Childhood, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The federal government classifies Pierce Early Childhood's location as City: Large.

Reported enrollment: 492 (2017-18) and 262 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.9:1 to 17.5:1.

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