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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAREDO ISD·NCES 482679003026
Pierce Elementary School
800 E EISTETTER, LAREDO, TX 78041 · (956) 273-4300 · Webb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
661 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 119 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +52.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 52 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 31.0% | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Elementary School this school | 662 | 99.8% | 58.4% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School PHARR | 643 | 98.1% | 40.1% |
| Vermillion Road Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 654 | 97.9% | 44.9% |
| Hollibrook Elementary School HOUSTON | 636 | 99.4% | 45.5% |
| Canales Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 630 | 97.9% | 29.6% |
| Farias Elementary School LAREDO | 597 | 100.0% | 78.2% |
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 Pierce Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #853 of 4,401 | #16 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #471 of 4,466 ▼ 107 | #13 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #678 of 4,466 ▲ 309 | #14 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #879 of 3,998 | #13 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #1,174 of 4,938 | #13 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,362 of 4,622 | #37 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.6% | #4,558 of 4,628 | #38 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #30 of 4,789 | #3 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #1,090 of 2,838 | #19 of 43 |
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
662
-99 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 662 | 41.1 | 16.1:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 100% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 761 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2017-18 | 839 | 48.2 | 17.4:1 | 99% (829) |
| 2015-16 | 867 | 46 | 18.9:1 | 96% (834) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 51 | 17.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 935 | 48 | 19.5:1 | 59% (547) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 36 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pierce Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (839 to 662); teachers down 15% (48.2 to 41.1).
About Pierce Elementary School
The public elementary school Pierce Elementary School is located in LAREDO, Texas. Its 662 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 28% bigger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
Pierce Elementary School is one of 30 schools in LAREDO ISD, which enrolls 20,271 students in total.
Most students at Pierce Elementary School are Hispanic: 100% of enrollment. Pierce Elementary School has a diversity index of 1%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 41.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Webb County average 83%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pierce Elementary School does better than predicted by 27.3 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.4%; the prediction is 31.1%.
Within Webb County, median household income is about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Federal data list 95 public schools in Webb County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,717.
The shortest distance from Pierce Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Harmony Science Academy - Laredo. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Pierce Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 761 in 2020-21 and 662 in 2024-25, a decrease of 99 students.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAREDO ISD
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
- Dr Leo Cigarroa High SchoolHigh · 1,379 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,204 students
- Christen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
- Joaquin Cigarroa Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Other Pierce Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pierce Elementary. Pierce Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBIRMINGHAM, MI · 556 students
- PIERCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPIERCE, NE · 338 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 334 students
- Pierce ElementaryRidgecrest, CA · 297 students
- Pierce Elementary SchoolBennington, NH · 55 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Science Academy - Laredo0.5 mi · 659
- Harmony School of Excellence - Laredo0.6 mi · 671
- T Sanchez El / H Ochoa Elementary School0.7 mi · 569
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North0.7 mi · 131
- Tarver Elementary School0.8 mi · 421
- Clark Elementary School1.0 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Pierce Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pierce Elementary School?
Pierce Elementary School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pierce Elementary School serve?
Pierce Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pierce Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Pierce Elementary School.
How diverse is Pierce Elementary School?
Pierce Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Is Pierce Elementary School public or private?
Pierce Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAREDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.