📍 515 Prospector Trl, Harker Heights, Bell County, 76548
Skipcha el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harker Heights, Bell County. The school has 925 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ariel Woods. It is part of the Killeen Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Skipcha el enrolls 925 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 59.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 25% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 278 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 271 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 230 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 97 | 10% |
| Asian | 39 | 4.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
373 of the school's 925 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 313 qualify for free lunch and 60 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Skipcha el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 24, state house district 54.
Skipcha el is one of 54 schools in KILLEEN ISD, based in KILLEEN, Texas. The district serves 42,883 students district-wide and employs 2,803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 925 students, Skipcha el is larger than the district average of about 794 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large