📍 102 W Ave C, Valley Mills, Bosque County, 76689
Valley Mills el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Valley Mills, Bosque County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tessa Dowdy. It is part of the Valley Mills Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Valley Mills el enrolls 320 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 207 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 320 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 163 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Valley Mills 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 22, state house district 58.
Valley Mills el is one of 3 schools in VALLEY MILLS ISD, based in VALLEY MILLS, Texas. The district serves 669 students district-wide and employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, Valley Mills el is larger than the district average of about 223 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant