📍 601 Villa Paloma Blvd, Little Elm, Denton County, 75068
Catherine Bell el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Little Elm, Denton County. The school has 650 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Natonia Lafreniere. It is part of the Denton Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Catherine Bell el enrolls 650 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 23% White and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 313 | 48% |
| White | 147 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 19% |
| Asian | 34 | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
337 of the school's 650 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 301 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Catherine Bell el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 12, state house district 106.
Catherine Bell 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 650 students, Catherine Bell el is close to the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large