📍 600 Fm 3092, Gainesville, Cooke County, 76240
W e Chalmers el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gainesville, Cooke County. The school has 716 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Allen. It is part of the Gainesville Isd school district. It serves grades 2–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
W e Chalmers el enrolls 716 students across grades 2–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 419 | 59% |
| White | 214 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 36 | 5% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
481 of the school's 716 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 464 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
W e Chalmers 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 68.
W e Chalmers el is one of 5 schools in GAINESVILLE ISD, based in GAINESVILLE, Texas. The district serves 3,111 students district-wide and employs 192 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 716 students, W e Chalmers el is larger than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe