📍 221 16th St, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, 79045
Bluebonnet el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hereford, Deaf Smith County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melanie Mendiola. It is part of the Hereford Isd school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bluebonnet el enrolls 404 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% White and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 382 | 95% |
| White | 13 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 404 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 354 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.
Bluebonnet 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 31, state house district 86.
Bluebonnet 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 404 students, Bluebonnet 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: Rural - Fringe