📍 600 S Main St, Booker, Lipscomb County, 79005
Kirksey el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Booker, Lipscomb County. The school has 163 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laurette Wauer. It is part of the Booker Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kirksey el enrolls 163 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 127 | 78% |
| White | 33 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
98 of the school's 163 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 83 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kirksey el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 31, state house district 88.
Kirksey el is one of 2 schools in BOOKER ISD, based in BOOKER, Texas. The district serves 343 students district-wide and employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 163 students, Kirksey el is close to the district average of about 172 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote