📍 3006 78th St, Lubbock, Lubbock County, 79423
Waters el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lubbock, Lubbock County. The school has 507 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Linda Landlin. It is part of the Lubbock Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Waters el enrolls 507 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 32.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 295 | 58% |
| White | 127 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
358 of the school's 507 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 333 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Waters 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 83.
Waters 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 507 students, Waters el is close to the district average of about 493 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large