📍 2525 Yellowstone, Denton, Denton County, 76209
Ginnings el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Denton, Denton County. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marlen Velasquez. It is part of the Denton Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ginnings el enrolls 617 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 363 | 59% |
| White | 135 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
478 of the school's 617 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 407 qualify for free lunch and 71 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.
Ginnings 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 30, state house district 64.
Ginnings el is one of 45 schools in DENTON ISD, based in DENTON, Texas. The district serves 33,329 students district-wide and employs 2,416 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 617 students, Ginnings el is smaller than the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize