📍 2550 Sarah St, Beaumont, Jefferson County, 77705
Blanchette el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Beaumont, Jefferson County. The school has 568 pupils enrolled. The Principal is April Johnston. It is part of the Beaumont Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blanchette el enrolls 568 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 448 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 16% |
| White | 12 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
547 of the school's 568 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 543 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blanchette 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 4, state house district 22.
Blanchette el is one of 29 schools in BEAUMONT ISD, based in BEAUMONT, Texas. The district serves 16,336 students district-wide and employs 963 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 568 students, Blanchette el is close to the district average of about 563 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize