📍 1501 Royal Dr, Kaufman, Kaufman County, 75142
J R Phillips el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kaufman, Kaufman County. The school has 471 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melanie Bowers. It is part of the Kaufman Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
J R Phillips el enrolls 471 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 2.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 300 | 64% |
| White | 149 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
365 of the school's 471 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 343 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
J R Phillips 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-50, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
J R Phillips el is one of 7 schools in KAUFMAN ISD, based in KAUFMAN, Texas. The district serves 4,356 students district-wide and employs 280 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 471 students, J R Phillips el is smaller than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant