📍 23395 Fm 2090, Splendora, Montgomery County, 77372
Piney Woods el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Splendora, Montgomery County. The school has 534 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Harrison Gillaspy. It is part of the Splendora Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Piney Woods el enrolls 534 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 363 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 152 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
294 of the school's 534 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 263 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
Piney Woods 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-20, state senate district 4, state house district 16.
Piney Woods el is one of 6 schools in SPLENDORA ISD, based in SPLENDORA, Texas. The district serves 5,687 students district-wide and employs 317 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 534 students, Piney Woods el is smaller than the district average of about 948 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe