📍 401 W Bailey, Ponder, Denton County, 76259
Ponder el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ponder, Denton County. The school has 754 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Thornburg. It is part of the Ponder Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ponder el enrolls 754 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 437 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 273 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
333 of the school's 754 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 276 qualify for free lunch and 57 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.
Ponder el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 12, state house district 63.
Ponder el is one of 3 schools in PONDER ISD, based in PONDER, Texas. The district serves 1,719 students district-wide and employs 112 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 754 students, Ponder el is larger than the district average of about 573 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant