📍 1600 St Andrews St, Gonzales, Gonzales County, 78629
Gonzales el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gonzales, Gonzales County. The school has 537 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Leal. It is part of the Gonzales Isd school district. It serves grades K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gonzales el enrolls 537 students across grades K–2. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 23% White and 7.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 366 | 68% |
| White | 123 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 39 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
371 of the school's 537 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 354 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.
Gonzales el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 18, state house district 17.
Gonzales el is one of 5 schools in GONZALES ISD, based in GONZALES, Texas. The district serves 2,557 students district-wide and employs 171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 537 students, Gonzales el is close to the district average of about 511 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant