📍 2550 Vogel, Abilene, Taylor County, 79603
Ortiz el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abilene, Taylor County. The school has 484 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leslye Roberts. It is part of the Abilene Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 20% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ortiz el enrolls 484 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 8.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 362 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 67 | 14% |
| White | 43 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
447 of the school's 484 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 429 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ortiz 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 28, state house district 71.
Ortiz 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 484 students, Ortiz 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