📍 2770 Fm 163, Cleveland, Liberty County, 77327
Tarkington el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cleveland, Liberty County. The school has 773 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brandon O'neal. It is part of the Tarkington Isd school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 47.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 56% are proficient in maths.
Tarkington el enrolls 773 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 47.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 646 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 7 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
468 of the school's 773 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 425 qualify for free lunch and 43 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.
Tarkington 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 3, state house district 18.
Tarkington el is one of 4 schools in TARKINGTON ISD, based in CLEVELAND, Texas. The district serves 1,907 students district-wide and employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 773 students, Tarkington el is larger than the district average of about 477 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant