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Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross

Public school in Victoria, Texas · Victoria ISD · Grades Pre-K

Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross serves 170 students in pre-K in Victoria (Victoria County). It is one of 25 schools in Victoria ISD. By enrollment it is the 96th largest of 130 public schools in Texas (median 257 students). With 14.9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas school (17).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 130 Texas schools with enrollment listed on this site.

170
students
14.9
students per teacher
98.8%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelPre-K
GradesPre-K
DistrictVictoria ISD
CountyVictoria County
Area typeCity, small
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID484415014330

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolVictoria ISDTexas schools (median)
Students17012,919257
Students per teacher14.914.317
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible98.8%69.9%85.7%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 27% of Texas schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross in context

Size

Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross is the only school in Victoria ISD. Its 170 students are 1.3% of the district's 12,919. The 8 nearest schools are a median 82.8 miles away and have a median of 315 students, so Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross is smaller than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross serves a single grade, pre-K, with 170 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 77.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Victoria ISD (68.8%). White students are next, at 12.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

98.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 69.9% across Victoria ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross has 11.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 170 students would have about 10 teachers, so Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross has 1.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other school is Gonzales Primary Academy, 56 miles away in Gonzales ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
77.6%
White
12.4%
Black
5.9%
Two or more races
2.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.6%
Asian
0.6%

39.4% of students are girls and 60.6% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

1208 S Navarro St, Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: (361)576-3131

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Early Childhood Center at Fw Gross. Blue: the nearest schools.

Nearby schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Gonzales Primary AcademyGonzales ISD56.0 mi15718.584.7%
Floresville Early Childhood CenterFloresville ISD73.7 mi1861779%
Early Childhood Development CenterCorpus Christi ISD76.6 mi15016.954.7%
Ball Early Childhood CenterSeguin ISD79.8 mi42218.387.9%
George W Carver Early Education CenterLockhart ISD85.8 mi32518.194.8%
Lone Star Early Childhood CenterNew Braunfels ISD92.5 mi30614.759.2%
Juan Seguin Early Childhood CenterLamar CISD92.7 mi32419.199.4%
Bonham Pre-K SchoolSan Marcos CISD93.1 mi38017.288.2%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Victoria ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Aloe Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5378
C O Chandler Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5456
Crain Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5561
Dudley Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5453
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5459
Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle6–8730
Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5439
Howell Middle SchoolMiddle6–8716
Martin De Leon Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5531
Mission Valley Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5239
O'Connor Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5440
Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle6–8566
Primary DAEPElementary1–510
Rodolfo Torres Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5381
Rowland Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5452
Secondary DAEPHigh6–1298
Shields Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5409
Smith STEM AcademyElementaryPre-K–5447
STEM Middle SchoolMiddle6–8641
Vickers Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5510
Victoria East High SchoolHigh9–121,861
Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice CenterHigh7–1235
Victoria West High SchoolHigh9–121,723
Visd Success AcademyHigh9–12214