WHEELOCK EL

Set in LUBBOCK, Texas, WHEELOCK EL is a cozy elementary school, one of the schools within LUBBOCK ISD. It teaches 344 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; WHEELOCK EL is among them.

Demographically, WHEELOCK EL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, WHEELOCK EL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WHEELOCK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lubbock County put median household earnings sit near $64,155, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), WHEELOCK EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MONTEREY H S, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WHEELOCK EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHEELOCK EL has contracted 16%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 68% to 73%.

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