Elementary · Texas

Thornton El

Free meals for all

Thornton El, a public elementary school in Temple, Texas: grades pre-k–5, 763 students, 17.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Temple ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 763
Teachers (FTE): 43.6
Students per teacher: 17.5
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared

More students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared

Larger than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Temple ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Temple ISD.

Location

Address: 2825 Cottonwood Ln, Temple, TX 76502
Phone: (254)215-5700
City or town: Temple
County: Bell County

Website Quality of life in Temple Schools in Temple

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Scott ElFree meals for all	K–5	442	16.0	1.2 mi
Western Hills ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	417	17.6	1.9 mi
Raye-Allen ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	441	15.9	2.2 mi
Sampson-Howard ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	611	16.8	3.0 mi
Kennedy-Powell ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	384	16.4	3.2 mi
Charter Oak El	K–5	602	12.8	3.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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