📍 701 School St, Sundown, Hockley County, 79372
Sundown el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sundown, Hockley County. The school has 260 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alan Berry. It is part of the Sundown Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sundown el enrolls 260 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 1.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 155 | 60% |
| White | 97 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
137 of the school's 260 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 126 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Sundown el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 88.
Sundown el is one of 4 schools in SUNDOWN ISD, based in SUNDOWN, Texas. The district serves 552 students district-wide and employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 260 students, Sundown el is larger than the district average of about 138 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant