📍 401 18th N W, Paris, Lamar County, 75460
Justiss el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paris, Lamar County. The school has 552 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dustin Smyers. It is part of the Paris Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Justiss el enrolls 552 students across grades K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Hispanic or Latino, 32% Black or African American and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 182 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 179 | 32% |
| White | 113 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 69 | 13% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
495 of the school's 552 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 484 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Justiss 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-40, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Justiss el is one of 8 schools in PARIS ISD, based in PARIS, Texas. The district serves 3,832 students district-wide and employs 305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 552 students, Justiss el is larger than the district average of about 479 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote