📍 3707 W Nugent Ave, Temple, Bell County, 76504
Kennedy-powell el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Temple, Bell County. The school has 441 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jill Owen. It is part of the Temple Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kennedy-powell el enrolls 441 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 22% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 155 | 35% |
| White | 131 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 10% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 441 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 255 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kennedy-powell 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.
Kennedy-powell 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 441 students, Kennedy-powell 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