📍 4702 15th St, Lubbock, Lubbock County, 79416
Rush el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lubbock, Lubbock County. The school has 309 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Lara. It is part of the Lubbock Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rush el enrolls 309 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 9.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 170 | 55% |
| White | 85 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 9.7% |
| Asian | 14 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
224 of the school's 309 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rush el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 28, state house district 84.
Rush el is one of 49 schools in LUBBOCK ISD, based in LUBBOCK, Texas. The district serves 24,133 students district-wide and employs 1,887 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 309 students, Rush el is smaller than the district average of about 493 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large