📍 8080 Cr 398, Princeton, Collin County, 75407
Harper el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Princeton, Collin County. The school has 436 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heidi Estep. It is part of the Princeton Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Harper el enrolls 436 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 202 | 46% |
| White | 122 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 17% |
| Asian | 23 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 436 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
Harper el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-30, state senate district 30, state house district 89.
Harper el is one of 14 schools in PRINCETON ISD, based in PRINCETON, Texas. The district serves 9,956 students district-wide and employs 488 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 436 students, Harper el is smaller than the district average of about 711 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe