📍 410 Westlawn Dr, Texarkana, Bowie County, 75501
Westlawn el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Texarkana, Bowie County. The school has 346 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tabitha Dudley. It is part of the Texarkana Isd school district. It serves grades 3–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet.
Westlawn el enrolls 346 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 6.4% White and 6.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 284 | 82% |
| White | 22 | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
331 of the school's 346 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 328 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Westlawn 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Westlawn el is one of 13 schools in TEXARKANA ISD, based in TEXARKANA, Texas. The district serves 7,269 students district-wide and employs 561 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 346 students, Westlawn el is smaller than the district average of about 559 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small