📍 801 Fm 886, Sullivan City, Hidalgo County, 78595
Sam Fordyce el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sullivan City, Hidalgo County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Juan Olvera. It is part of the La Joya Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sam Fordyce el enrolls 404 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 404 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
366 of the school's 404 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 360 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sam Fordyce el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 35.
Sam Fordyce el is one of 37 schools in LA JOYA ISD, based in LA JOYA, Texas. The district serves 22,942 students district-wide and employs 1,792 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 404 students, Sam Fordyce el is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe