📍 1100 Jefferson Dr, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, 77642
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County. The school has 365 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Fredia Reynolds. It is part of the Port Arthur Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs enrolls 365 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 223 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 32% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 13 | 3.6% |
| White | 10 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
354 of the school's 365 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 350 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 4, state house district 22.
Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs is one of 15 schools in PORT ARTHUR ISD, based in PORT ARTHUR, Texas. The district serves 8,041 students district-wide and employs 614 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 365 students, Wheatley School of Early Childhood Programs is smaller than the district average of about 536 students per school.
Setting: City - Small
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