📍 1055 Hwy 326 S, Sour Lake, Hardin County, 77659
Sour Lake el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sour Lake, Hardin County. The school has 767 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ashley Causey. It is part of the Hardin-Jefferson Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 48.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sour Lake el enrolls 767 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 48.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 649 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 57 | 7.4% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 767 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 288 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
Sour Lake el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 3, state house district 19.
Sour Lake el is one of 5 schools in HARDIN-JEFFERSON ISD, based in SOUR LAKE, Texas. The district serves 2,762 students district-wide and employs 177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 767 students, Sour Lake el is larger than the district average of about 552 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant