📍 500 W 9th St, Elsa, Hidalgo County, 78543
Kennedy el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Elsa, Hidalgo County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ruben Chavez. It is part of the Edcouch-Elsa Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kennedy el enrolls 381 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 379 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
363 of the school's 381 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 363 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kennedy el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 40.
Kennedy el is one of 9 schools in EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD, based in EDCOUCH, Texas. The district serves 4,349 students district-wide and employs 292 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, Kennedy el is smaller than the district average of about 483 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe