KENNEDY-POWELL EL

KENNEDY-POWELL EL is one of the compact elementary campuss in TEMPLE, Texas, overseen by TEMPLE ISD, with 384 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

TEMPLE ISD runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,073 students. KENNEDY-POWELL EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KENNEDY-POWELL EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 22% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, KENNEDY-POWELL EL logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at KENNEDY-POWELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, KENNEDY-POWELL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which KENNEDY-POWELL EL is one.

The closest other public school is WESTERN HILLS EL, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENNEDY-POWELL EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 29% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, members of the KENNEDY-POWELL EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.