📍 3100 Pine Mill Rd, Paris, Lamar County, 75460
Aikin el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paris, Lamar County. The school has 937 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katie Mckinney. It is part of the Paris Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Aikin el enrolls 937 students across grades K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 26% Black or African American and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 384 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 248 | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 153 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 135 | 14% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
695 of the school's 937 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 672 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Aikin 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.
Aikin 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 937 students, Aikin 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