📍 100 S Dr, Cactus, Moore County, 79013
Cactus el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cactus, Moore County. The school has 403 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nicole Hutcherson. It is part of the Dumas Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cactus el enrolls 403 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% Black or African American and 6.2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 340 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 25 | 6.2% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
373 of the school's 403 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 330 qualify for free lunch and 43 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.
Cactus el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 87.
Cactus el is one of 9 schools in DUMAS ISD, based in DUMAS, Texas. The district serves 4,381 students district-wide and employs 310 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 403 students, Cactus el is smaller than the district average of about 487 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote