📍 342 Cockerell, Abilene, Taylor County, 79601
Woodson Center for Excellence is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Abilene, Taylor County. The school has 139 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lori Ladyman. It is part of the Abilene Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Woodson Center for Excellence enrolls 139 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 59% |
| White | 34 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
118 of the school's 139 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 116 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Woodson Center for Excellence 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.
Woodson Center for Excellence 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 139 students, Woodson Center for Excellence is smaller than the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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