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Pierce Middle School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
15430 Kercheval Ave
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
Phone
(313) 432-4700
District
GROSSE POINTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
WAYNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
512
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.0% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Pierce Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
72%
37%
75%
43%
69%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
48%
33%
55%
38%
41%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
34%
59%
38%
50%
30%
55%
34%
59%
38%
50%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 118 23.0%
Grade 6 131 25.6%
Grade 7 128 25.0%
Grade 8 135 26.4%
Total 512 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.1% 77.8% 67.6%
Black 8.7% 16.1% 18.7%
Hispanic 3.5% 4.0% 9.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.5% 1.8% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.4% 19.2% 49.8%
Free lunch eligible 13.7% 17.4% 46.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.8% 1.7% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 52,285 10,050,811
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,760.4 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.1% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.2% 26.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,429 3,976,729
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 65.0% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 37.8% 13.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 15.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.0% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.4% 17.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.6% 12.8%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,566 $62,985,798 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,163 $8,551,539 7.1%
Staff $638 $4,691,214 3.9%
General Administration $152 $1,117,656 0.9%
School Administration $869 $6,389,757 5.3%
Operation $1,440 $10,588,320 8.8%
Transportation $138 $1,014,714 0.8%
Other $550 $4,044,150 3.4%
Total Support $4,950 $36,397,350 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,854 $20,985,462 17.4%
Total Expenditures $16,370 $120,368,610 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,303 $10,472,771,170 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,089 $1,561,376,980 6.9%
Staff $673 $965,764,951 4.3%
General Administration $275 $393,721,602 1.7%
School Administration $723 $1,037,127,879 4.6%
Operation $1,101 $1,578,839,213 7.0%
Transportation $502 $719,551,334 3.2%
Other $660 $945,908,306 4.2%
Total Support $5,022 $7,202,233,256 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,415 $4,897,130,513 21.7%
Total Expenditures $15,740 $22,572,121,714 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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