📍 705 W Main St, Bishop, Nueces County, 78343
Bishop Pri is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bishop, Nueces County. The school has 235 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Christy Griffith. It is part of the Bishop Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bishop Pri enrolls 235 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 204 | 87% |
| White | 27 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
167 of the school's 235 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 161 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bishop Pri is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 34.
Bishop Pri is one of 5 schools in BISHOP CISD, based in BISHOP, Texas. The district serves 1,463 students district-wide and employs 108 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 235 students, Bishop Pri is smaller than the district average of about 293 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant