Winters Elementary School
Public elementary school in Winters, Texas · Winters ISD · Grades Pre-K–6
Winters Elementary School serves 334 students in grades Pre-K–6 in Winters (Runnels County). It is one of 3 schools in Winters ISD. By enrollment it is the 3935th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.4 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 23.26 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–6 |
| District | Winters ISD |
| County | Runnels County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484626005275 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Winters ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 334 | 552 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 14.4 | 11.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 67.4% | 62.3% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 42% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Winters Elementary School in context
Size
Winters Elementary School is the only elementary school in Winters ISD. Its 334 students are 60.5% of the district's 552. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 28.7 miles away and have a median of 421 students, so Winters Elementary School 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
Its largest grade is kindergarten with 60 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 35, against an average of 42 per grade. This year grade 6 has 38% fewer students than kindergarten (37 against 60). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 44 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 54.8% of enrollment, a lower share than across Winters ISD (58.2%). White students are next, at 41%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
67.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 62.3% across Winters ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary 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
Winters Elementary School has 23.26 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 334 students would have about 22.6 teachers, so Winters Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other elementary school is Ballinger Elementary School, 15.2 miles away in Ballinger ISD. No other elementary school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 54.8% |
| White | 41% |
| Two or more races | 3% |
| Black | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
43.7% of students are girls and 56.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 44 |
| Kindergarten | 60 |
| Grade 1 | 38 |
| Grade 2 | 39 |
| Grade 3 | 45 |
| Grade 4 | 35 |
| Grade 5 | 36 |
| Grade 6 | 37 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
702 N Heights St, Winters, TX 79567
Phone: (325)754-5577
Website: wintersisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Winters Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinger Elementary School | Ballinger ISD | 15.2 mi | 377 | 12.8 | 73.2% |
| Lawn Elementary School | Jim Ned CISD | 17.2 mi | 296 | 14 | 31.1% |
| Buffalo Gap Elementary School | Jim Ned CISD | 23.0 mi | 224 | 11.5 | 16.5% |
| Miles Elementary School | Miles ISD | 28.2 mi | 269 | 11.8 | 46.1% |
| Wylie West Intermediate School | Wylie ISD | 29.2 mi | 465 | 17 | 20.4% |
| Wylie West Elementary School | Wylie ISD | 29.4 mi | 673 | 15.8 | 24.1% |
| Wylie East Elementary School | Wylie ISD | 31.2 mi | 776 | 14.5 | 26.4% |
| Ward Elementary School | Abilene ISD | 31.9 mi | 502 | 15.4 | 57.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Winters ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winters High School | High | 9–12 | 140 |
| Winters Junior High School | Middle | 7–8 | 74 |