📍 614 N Getzendaner St, Waxahachie, Ellis County, 75165
Turner Prekindergarten Academy is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Waxahachie, Ellis County. The school has 235 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Normel Gilliam. It is part of the Waxahachie Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a suburban setting. The school employs 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Turner Prekindergarten Academy enrolls 235 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 50% |
| White | 70 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 39 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
163 of the school's 235 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 144 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.
Turner Prekindergarten Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-60, state senate district 22, state house district 10.
Turner Prekindergarten Academy is one of 17 schools in WAXAHACHIE ISD, based in WAXAHACHIE, Texas. The district serves 11,196 students district-wide and employs 760 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 235 students, Turner Prekindergarten Academy is smaller than the district average of about 659 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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