📍 600 S Glenville Dr, Richardson, Dallas County, 75081
Jess Harben el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Richardson, Dallas County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sharon Newman. It is part of the Richardson Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Jess Harben el enrolls 381 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% Black or African American, 25% White and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 123 | 32% |
| White | 97 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 21% |
| Asian | 61 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
248 of the school's 381 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 210 qualify for free lunch and 38 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.
Jess Harben el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 8, state house district 102.
Jess Harben el is one of 55 schools in RICHARDSON ISD, based in RICHARDSON, Texas. The district serves 36,971 students district-wide and employs 2,910 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, Jess Harben el is smaller than the district average of about 672 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize