📍 600 e Polk Ave, Harlingen, Cameron County, 78550
Travis el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harlingen, Cameron County. The school has 291 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sonia Brandenburg. It is part of the Harlingen Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Travis el enrolls 291 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White and 1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 281 | 97% |
| White | 6 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 3 | 1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
270 of the school's 291 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 262 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Travis el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 27, state house district 38.
Travis el is one of 31 schools in HARLINGEN CISD, based in HARLINGEN, Texas. The district serves 16,471 students district-wide and employs 1,197 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 291 students, Travis el is smaller than the district average of about 531 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small