# PONDER EL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `483531003991` - **School name**: PONDER EL - **Location**: PONDER, TX 76259 - **Address**: 401 W BAILEY - **District**: PONDER ISD (LEAID `4835310`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 33.18283, -97.29415 - **Phone**: (940)479-8320 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 773 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 51 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 15.2:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 45.3% ## State accountability rating - **System**: TEA A-F - **Year**: 2022 - **Overall rating**: B - **Indicators**: - student_achievement: C - school_progress: B - academic_growth: B - relative_performance: Not Rated: Senate Bill 1365 - closing_gaps: C - overall: B - overall_score: 82 ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2022 - **Academic Growth (TEA A-F)**: 70.0% proficient - **All Subjects % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 69.7% proficient — 832 tested - **All Subjects % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 37.6% proficient, 11.8% advanced — 832 tested - **Closing Gaps**: 57.0% proficient - **Closing Gaps (TEA A-F)**: 57.0% proficient - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 69.9% proficient — 365 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 79.4% proficient — 102 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 63.7% proficient — 135 tested - **Mathematics % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 68.8% proficient — 128 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 39.5% proficient, 12.6% advanced — 365 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 40.2% proficient, 11.8% advanced — 102 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 37.8% proficient, 16.3% advanced — 135 tested - **Mathematics % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 40.6% proficient, 9.4% advanced — 128 tested - **Overall (TEA A-F)**: 70.0% proficient - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)**: 73.4% proficient — 365 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 76.5% proficient — 102 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 4): 73.3% proficient — 135 tested - **Reading/ELA % Approaches (TX STAAR)** (grade 3): 71.1% proficient — 128 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)**: 41.1% proficient, 13.2% advanced — 365 tested - **Reading/ELA % Meets (TX STAAR)** (grade 5): 47.1% proficient, 15.7% advanced — 102 tested ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 6.4% (46 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.5% (4 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 5.3% (41 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.4% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 35.2% - **Black/African American**: 0.3% - **Asian**: 1.1% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 59.2% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.1% - **Two or more races**: 3.6% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 45.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 10.9% — 84 students - **English Learners**: 15.7% — 121 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 10 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 7 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 6 students - **Autism**: 5 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 5 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 2 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2018-19) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $8,635 - **Federal share**: $659 - **State + local share**: $7,975 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 739 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $14,285,082 - **Federal share**: 9.6% - **State share**: 33.7% - **Local share**: 56.7% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $5,930,468 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $124,792 - **Poverty rate**: 4.0% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 36.5% - **Unemployment**: 2.1% - **Median gross rent**: $1,239 - **Foreign-born residents**: 4.9% - **Single-parent households**: 7.0% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 22.1 miles (SANDY BEACH ROAD GROUND WATER PLUME) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 1 - **Nearest brownfield**: 6.61 miles (4TH AND GULF WRECKING YARD) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: TOWN OF PONDER - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2023-08-11 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.71152 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 6.2 miles ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder - **Performance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/performance - **Finance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/context - **Attendance**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.tx.whatschool.ai/en/tx/school/ponder-el-ponder/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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