📍 500 Fm 983, Ferris, Ellis County, 75125
Lucy Mae McDonald el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ferris, Ellis County. The school has 620 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Bobbi Cook. It is part of the Ferris Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 40% are proficient in maths.
Lucy Mae McDonald el enrolls 620 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 4.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 499 | 80% |
| White | 84 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 27 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
517 of the school's 620 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 497 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lucy Mae McDonald el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-60, state senate district 22, state house district 10.
Lucy Mae McDonald el is one of 6 schools in FERRIS ISD, based in FERRIS, Texas. The district serves 3,010 students district-wide and employs 210 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 620 students, Lucy Mae McDonald el is larger than the district average of about 502 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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