📍 2601 Wedgewood St, Midland, Midland County, 79707
Rusk el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Midland, Midland County. The school has 413 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jami Saldana. It is part of the Midland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rusk el enrolls 413 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 8.2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 202 | 49% |
| White | 127 | 31% |
| Asian | 34 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 413 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 220 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rusk el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 31, state house district 82.
Rusk el is one of 40 schools in MIDLAND ISD, based in MIDLAND, Texas. The district serves 29,651 students district-wide and employs 1,592 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 413 students, Rusk el is smaller than the district average of about 741 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize