📍 1301 Elm Rd, Wylie, Collin County, 75098
Wally Watkins el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wylie, Collin County. The school has 904 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Wiseman. It is part of the Wylie Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 66% of students are proficient in reading. 69% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wally Watkins el enrolls 904 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 483 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 129 | 14% |
| Asian | 109 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 904 students (22%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 168 qualify for free lunch and 33 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.
Wally Watkins el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-30, state senate district 30, state house district 89.
Wally Watkins el is one of 21 schools in WYLIE ISD, based in WYLIE, Texas. The district serves 19,401 students district-wide and employs 1,200 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 904 students, Wally Watkins el is close to the district average of about 924 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large