📍 4111 Lark Trl, Temple, Bell County, 76502
Cater el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Temple, Bell County. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Temple Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cater el enrolls 322 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 41% |
| White | 94 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 64 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 6.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 322 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 234 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cater el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 24, state house district 55.
Cater el is one of 16 schools in TEMPLE ISD, based in TEMPLE, Texas. The district serves 8,764 students district-wide and employs 617 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Cater el is smaller than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small