📍 211 W 8th St, Post, Garza County, 79356
Post el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Post, Garza County. The school has 341 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shawna Lamb. It is part of the Post Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Post el enrolls 341 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 216 | 63% |
| White | 89 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
259 of the school's 341 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 3 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.
Post el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 68.
Post el is one of 3 schools in POST ISD, based in POST, Texas. The district serves 686 students district-wide and employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 341 students, Post el is larger than the district average of about 229 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote