📍 1305 Fuller Springs Dr, Lufkin, Angelina County, 75901
Slack el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lufkin, Angelina County. The school has 520 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Danny Whisenant. It is part of the Lufkin Isd school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Slack el enrolls 520 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 347 | 67% |
| White | 93 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
449 of the school's 520 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 431 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Slack 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.
Slack 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 520 students, Slack el is larger than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote