📍 300 N Files, Itasca, Hill County, 76055
Itasca el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Itasca, Hill County. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Holli Merkel. It is part of the Itasca Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Itasca el enrolls 295 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 4.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 165 | 56% |
| White | 110 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
218 of the school's 295 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 200 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Itasca 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-60, state senate district 22, state house district 8.
Itasca el is one of 3 schools in ITASCA ISD, based in ITASCA, Texas. The district serves 638 students district-wide and employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 295 students, Itasca el is larger than the district average of about 213 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant