Roark Early Education Center

Size

Roark Early Education Center is the only school in Willis ISD. Its 348 students are 3.7% of the district's 9,313. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 42.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 263; Roark Early Education Center 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

Roark Early Education Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 348 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 50.3% here and 38.8% across Willis ISD. White students are next, at 31.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

84.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 59.4% across Willis ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers for 348 students, Roark Early Education Center has 21.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 348 students would have about 20.5 teachers, so Roark Early Education Center has 4.5 fewer.

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

Location

Roark Early Education Center is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other school is Early Excellence Academy, 24.8 miles away in Tomball ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

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