📍 565 Park Dr, Kountze, Hardin County, 77625
Kountze el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kountze, Hardin County. The school has 313 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristy Yoes. It is part of the Kountze Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kountze el enrolls 313 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 14% Black or African American and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 201 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 8.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
237 of the school's 313 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 220 qualify for free lunch and 17 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.
Kountze 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 3, state house district 19.
Kountze el is one of 5 schools in KOUNTZE ISD, based in KOUNTZE, Texas. The district serves 1,151 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 313 students, Kountze el is larger than the district average of about 230 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant