📍 2825 Cottonwood Ln, Temple, Bell County, 76502
Thornton el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Temple, Bell County. The school has 744 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiffany Vestal. It is part of the Temple Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Thornton el enrolls 744 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 411 | 55% |
| White | 149 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 116 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
568 of the school's 744 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 560 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thornton 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.
Thornton 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 744 students, Thornton el is larger than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small