📍 940 Belvidere St, El Paso, El Paso County, 79912
Polk el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Paso, El Paso County. The school has 627 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Summer Steele. It is part of the El Paso Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Polk el enrolls 627 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 12% White and 4.3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 510 | 81% |
| White | 73 | 12% |
| Asian | 27 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.8% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
299 of the school's 627 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 276 qualify for free lunch and 23 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.
Polk el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 29, state house district 77.
Polk el is one of 76 schools in EL PASO ISD, based in EL PASO, Texas. The district serves 48,118 students district-wide and employs 3,506 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 627 students, Polk el is close to the district average of about 633 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large