📍 720 Brook Ave, Waco, McLennan County, 76708
Brook Avenue el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waco, McLennan County. The school has 369 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Weeks. It is part of the Waco Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Brook Avenue el enrolls 369 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 42% Black or African American and 3.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 187 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 155 | 42% |
| White | 14 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 369 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 353 qualify for free lunch and 8 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.
Brook Avenue el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. 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 12.
Brook Avenue el is one of 25 schools in WACO ISD, based in WACO, Texas. The district serves 13,376 students district-wide and employs 997 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 369 students, Brook Avenue el is smaller than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize