📍 3750 Paint Brush, Abilene, Taylor County, 79606
Ward el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abilene, Taylor County. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Blake Fuller. It is part of the Abilene Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ward el enrolls 494 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 227 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 158 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 11% |
| Asian | 26 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 494 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ward el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 71.
Ward el is one of 28 schools in ABILENE ISD, based in ABILENE, Texas. The district serves 14,536 students district-wide and employs 1,035 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 494 students, Ward el is close to the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize