📍 2500 Chandler St, Kilgore, Rusk County, 75662
Chandler el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kilgore, Rusk County. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Steven Collins. It is part of the Kilgore Isd school district. It serves grades 2–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Chandler el enrolls 526 students across grades 2–3. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 225 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 208 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 62 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
400 of the school's 526 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 384 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chandler el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 11.
Chandler el is one of 5 schools in KILGORE ISD, based in KILGORE, Texas. The district serves 3,660 students district-wide and employs 276 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 526 students, Chandler el is smaller than the district average of about 732 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe