Purcell El
Abilene, TX
PublicElementary · Grades K–5
Accountability rating
Texas Education Agency
C rating for 2025, with a score of 77.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | D63 | F58 | C77 |
| Student achievement | F58 | F56 | C70 |
| School progress | D60 | F58 | C75 |
| Academic growth | F58 | F58 | C74 |
| Relative performance | D60 | F58 | C75 |
| Closing the gaps | C71 | F59 | B80 |
The overall score counts the better of student achievement and school progress for 70%, and closing the gaps for 30%. School progress is the better of its two parts.
Distinctions, 2025
- Earned
- None
- Not earned
- ELA/reading, Mathematics, Science, Comparative academic growth, Comparative closing the gaps, Postsecondary readiness
Discipline
U.S. Department of Education
2.5% of students were suspended out of school at least once in 2023–24.
| Measure | 2021–22 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolled in the fall | 637 | 595 |
| Suspended out of school | 0.9% · 6 | 2.5% · 15 |
| Suspended in school | 8.8% · 56 | 19.3% · 115 |
| Expelled | 0.0% · 0 | 0.0% · 0 |
School Profile
Location
City, Midsize
Enrollment
594 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
Demographics
Hispanic/Latino60.4%
White21.5%
Black or African American14.5%
Asian0.0%
Two or More Races3.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.0%
Public school directory
NCES ID 480744000024
- District
- Abilene Isd
- Status
- Open
- School category
- Regular School
- Charter
- No
- Virtual instruction
- Unknown
- Enrollment
- 594 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.7
Sources
- NCES Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2023–24
- Texas A–F Accountability Ratings · Texas Education Agency · 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Civil Rights Data Collection · U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights · 2021–22, 2023–24