📍 800 S Johnson St, Alice, Jim Wells County, 78332
Saenz el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alice, Jim Wells County. The school has 533 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathryn Trafton. It is part of the Alice Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Saenz el enrolls 533 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 503 | 94% |
| White | 28 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
468 of the school's 533 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 453 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Saenz el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 20, state house district 43.
Saenz el is one of 6 schools in ALICE ISD, based in ALICE, Texas. The district serves 4,297 students district-wide and employs 300 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 533 students, Saenz el is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant