📍 107 S Pondalily, Little River, Bell County, 76554
Academy el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Little River, Bell County. The school has 704 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marcie Beck. It is part of the Academy Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Academy el enrolls 704 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 424 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 185 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 6% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
308 of the school's 704 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 60 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Academy el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 55.
Academy el is one of 5 schools in ACADEMY ISD, based in LITTLE RIVER, Texas. The district serves 1,832 students district-wide and employs 117 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 704 students, Academy el is larger than the district average of about 366 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe