📍 401 Peach Streeet, Taft, San Patricio County, 78390
Woodroe Petty el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Taft, San Patricio County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melissa Pittman. It is part of the Taft Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Woodroe Petty el enrolls 381 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 352 | 92% |
| White | 24 | 6.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 381 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 343 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Woodroe Petty 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 21, state house district 43.
Woodroe Petty el is one of 3 schools in TAFT ISD, based in TAFT, Texas. The district serves 812 students district-wide and employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, Woodroe Petty el is larger than the district average of about 271 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant