Ponder El
Ponder, TX
PublicElementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Accountability rating
Texas Education Agency
D rating for 2025, with a score of 61.
| Measure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | D60 | D69 | D61 |
| Student achievement | D69 | D64 | D60 |
| School progress | F57 | C71 | F57 |
| Academic growth | F57 | C71 | F57 |
| Relative performance | F57 | F55 | F54 |
| Closing the gaps | F38 | D67 | D63 |
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
0.8% of students were suspended out of school at least once in 2023–24.
| Measure | 2021–22 | 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Enrolled in the fall | 723 | 773 |
| Suspended out of school | 0.1% · 1 | 0.8% · 6 |
| Suspended in school | 1.7% · 12 | 7.4% · 57 |
| Expelled | 0.6% · 4 | 0.0% · 0 |
School Profile
Location
Rural, Distant
Enrollment
773 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
15:1
Demographics
Hispanic/Latino38.4%
White56.7%
Black or African American0.8%
Asian0.3%
Two or More Races3.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0.0%
Public school directory
NCES ID 483531003991
- District
- Ponder Isd
- Status
- Open
- School category
- Regular School
- Charter
- No
- Virtual instruction
- Unknown
- Enrollment
- 773 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.7
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