📍 800 Ennis St, Plainview, Hale County, 79072
Central el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Plainview, Hale County. The school has 630 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sarah Williams. It is part of the Plainview Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
Central el enrolls 630 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 487 | 77% |
| White | 115 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
526 of the school's 630 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 523 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Central 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 28, state house district 88.
Central el is one of 7 schools in PLAINVIEW ISD, based in PLAINVIEW, Texas. The district serves 4,077 students district-wide and employs 324 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 630 students, Central el is close to the district average of about 582 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote