📍 621 Roughrider Dr, Center, Shelby County, 75935
Center el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Center, Shelby County. The school has 515 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sally Wilburn. It is part of the Center Isd school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Center el enrolls 515 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 232 | 45% |
| White | 135 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 104 | 20% |
| Asian | 23 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
410 of the school's 515 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 370 qualify for free lunch and 40 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.
Center 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-10, state senate district 3, state house district 9.
Center el is one of 5 schools in CENTER ISD, based in CENTER, Texas. The district serves 2,307 students district-wide and employs 174 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 515 students, Center el is close to the district average of about 461 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe