📍 10659 State Hwy 64 e, Tyler, Smith County, 75707
Wise el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tyler, Smith County. The school has 630 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathryn Wimberley. It is part of the Chapel Hill Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a rural setting. The school employs 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wise el enrolls 630 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 266 | 42% |
| White | 218 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 107 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
487 of the school's 630 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 461 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wise 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 1, state house district 6.
Wise el is one of 5 schools in CHAPEL HILL ISD, based in TYLER, Texas. The district serves 3,072 students district-wide and employs 243 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 630 students, Wise el is close to the district average of about 614 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe