📍 3400 N Bluebonnet St, Victoria, Victoria County, 77901
Shields el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Victoria, Victoria County. The school has 441 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sherry Phillips. It is part of the Victoria Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Shields el enrolls 441 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 15% White and 5.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 342 | 78% |
| White | 64 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 25 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
394 of the school's 441 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 21 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shields 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 18, state house district 30.
Shields el is one of 27 schools in VICTORIA ISD, based in VICTORIA, Texas. The district serves 12,919 students district-wide and employs 900 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 441 students, Shields el is close to the district average of about 478 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small