Irene C Cardwell Elementary School

Size

Irene C Cardwell Elementary School is the only school in San Felipe-Del Rio CISD. Its 452 students are 4.6% of the district's 9,767. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 140.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 152; Irene C Cardwell Elementary School is larger 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

Irene C Cardwell Elementary School serves a single grade, pre-K, with 452 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 94.9% here and 93% across San Felipe-Del Rio CISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

90.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 72.2% across San Felipe-Del Rio CISD 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

With 21.06 full-time-equivalent teachers for 452 students, Irene C Cardwell Elementary School has 21.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 452 students would have about 26.6 teachers, so Irene C Cardwell Elementary School has 5.5 fewer.

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

Location

Irene C Cardwell Elementary School is in a town more than 35 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, remote. The nearest other school is Early Childhood Center, 116.3 miles away in Kerrville ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

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