📍 707 Trenton, Lufkin, Angelina County, 75901
Coston el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lufkin, Angelina County. The school has 204 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Starla Hill. It is part of the Lufkin Isd school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Coston el enrolls 204 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 44% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 26% |
| White | 52 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
198 of the school's 204 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 196 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Coston el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 3, state house district 57.
Coston el is one of 17 schools in LUFKIN ISD, based in LUFKIN, Texas. The district serves 6,865 students district-wide and employs 563 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 204 students, Coston el is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote