Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010937
Wheelock Elementary School
3008 42ND ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79413 · (806) 219-7200 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
313 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wheelock Elementary School
Wheelock Elementary School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock Elementary School this school | 344 | 91.0% | 39.9% |
| Fannin Elementary School BRYAN | 364 | 92.0% | 38.1% |
| Bonner Elementary School TYLER | 380 | 93.4% | 44.3% |
| Neal Elementary School BRYAN | 323 | 94.4% | 43.8% |
| Provident Heights Elementary School WACO | 383 | 94.3% | 26.0% |
| Martinez Elementary School ABILENE | 371 | 89.8% | 29.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wheelock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,602 of 4,401 | #33 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,186 of 4,466 ▲ 411 | #26 of 52 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,040 of 4,466 no change | #36 of 52 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #3,912 of 4,938 | #41 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,825 of 4,622 | #26 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #2,902 of 4,628 | #44 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #955 of 4,789 | #12 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #1,507 of 2,838 | #18 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
344
+58 (+20%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 91% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 24.9 | 12.0:1 | 89% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 25.1 | 12.8:1 | 92% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 24 | 11.9:1 | 89% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 28.4 | 14.4:1 | 86% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 85% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 84% (306) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheelock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (410 to 344); teachers down 15% (28.4 to 24).
About Wheelock Elementary School
Families in LUBBOCK, Texas, are served by Wheelock Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counted 344 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 34% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
LUBBOCK ISD runs Wheelock Elementary School along with 48 other schools, enrolling 24,237 students in total.
The largest group at Wheelock Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 73%. Other groups make up 15% Black and 10% White. County-wide, 36% of Lubbock County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Wheelock Elementary School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 57% for public schools in Lubbock County.
Test results at Wheelock Elementary School are 5.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (39.9% actual, 34.8% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lubbock County show that median household income comes to about $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 52,301 students.
Monterey High School is the nearest public school to Wheelock Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Wheelock Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.3%, higher than Wheelock Elementary School's 39.9%.
Wheelock Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% rise, from 286 to 344. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Wheelock Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Wheelock Elementary. Wheelock Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Wheelock Elementary SchoolKeene, NH · 192 students
Nearby schools
- Monterey High School0.5 mi · 2,117
- Hutchinson Middle School0.7 mi · 845
- Brown Elementary School0.7 mi · 409
- Brown Elementary School0.8 mi · 104
- Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock0.9 mi · 155
- Wilson Elementary School1.0 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Wheelock Elementary SchoolHow large is Wheelock Elementary School?
Wheelock Elementary School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wheelock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wheelock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wheelock Elementary School have?
Wheelock Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wheelock Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wheelock Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 73% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wheelock Elementary School?
Wheelock Elementary School is overseen by LUBBOCK ISD in Lubbock County.
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