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Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Pierce Middle School, Merrillville, IN

CEP schoolPierce Middle School is a public middle school in Merrillville, part of Merrillville Community School Corp. It enrolled 878 students in 2024-25, with 12.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
878
Teachers (FTE)
68.0
Students per teacher
12.9
Grades
7 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 13.9. The Indiana average across schools is 15.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.9
District13.9
Indiana15.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
199 E 70th Pl, Merrillville, IN 46410
Phone
(219)650-5308
District
Merrillville Community School Corp
County
Lake County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
180969001588
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
427
Reduced-price lunch
40
Free or reduced-price lunch
46753.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
361Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Merrillville Community School Corp

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.