📍 1500 W Central Texas Expwy, Killeen, Bell County, 76549
Pershing Park el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Killeen, Bell County. The school has 1,001 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Taylor. It is part of the Killeen Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 68.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pershing Park el enrolls 1,001 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 68.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 9.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 546 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 250 | 25% |
| White | 93 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 87 | 8.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
770 of the school's 1,001 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 716 qualify for free lunch and 54 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pershing Park el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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.
Pershing Park 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 1,001 students, Pershing Park 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: City - Midsize