📍 900 Ave K, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, 79045
Aikman el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hereford, Deaf Smith County. The school has 378 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sandra Maldonado. It is part of the Hereford Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Aikman el enrolls 378 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 365 | 97% |
| White | 13 | 3.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 378 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 340 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Aikman 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 31, state house district 86.
Aikman el is one of 8 schools in HEREFORD ISD, based in HEREFORD, Texas. The district serves 3,964 students district-wide and employs 268 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 378 students, Aikman el is smaller than the district average of about 496 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant