📍 1000 Mount Sylvan St, Lindale, Smith County, 75771
Velma Penny el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lindale, Smith County. The school has 541 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Donni Cook. It is part of the Lindale Isd school district. It serves grades 1–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Velma Penny el enrolls 541 students across grades 1–3. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 374 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.7% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
260 of the school's 541 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Velma Penny 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 5.
Velma Penny el is one of 6 schools in LINDALE ISD, based in LINDALE, Texas. The district serves 4,606 students district-wide and employs 308 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 541 students, Velma Penny el is smaller than the district average of about 768 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe