📍 3130 Bacon St, Vernon, Wilbarger County, 76384
Shive el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Vernon, Wilbarger County. The school has 525 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leslie Powell. It is part of the Vernon Isd school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Shive el enrolls 525 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 10% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 248 | 47% |
| White | 158 | 30% |
| Asian | 53 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
400 of the school's 525 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 380 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shive el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 28, state house district 68.
Shive el is one of 6 schools in VERNON ISD, based in VERNON, Texas. The district serves 1,729 students district-wide and employs 124 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 525 students, Shive el is larger than the district average of about 288 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe