📍 3008 42nd St, Lubbock, Lubbock County, 79413
Wheelock el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lubbock, Lubbock County. The school has 323 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cayce Noble. It is part of the Lubbock Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wheelock el enrolls 323 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 9.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 237 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 16% |
| White | 30 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
296 of the school's 323 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 288 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wheelock 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.
Wheelock 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 323 students, Wheelock 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