📍 47 C R 198, Gainesville, Cooke County, 76240
Walnut Bend el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gainesville, Cooke County. The school has 54 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Donny Hearn. It is part of the Walnut Bend Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Walnut Bend el enrolls 54 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White and 24% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 41 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 24% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
49 of the school's 54 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 40 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walnut Bend 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 30, state house district 68.
Walnut Bend el is one of 1 schools in WALNUT BEND ISD, based in GAINESVILLE, Texas. The district serves 73 students district-wide and employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 54 students, Walnut Bend el is smaller than the district average of about 73 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant