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LA Vega Elementary, Waco, TX

CEP schoolLA Vega Elementary is a public elementary school in Waco, part of LA Vega ISD. It enrolled 630 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "LA VEGA EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
630
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
1 to 3

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 15.1. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2
District15.1
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
3100 Wheeler St, Waco, TX 76705
Phone
(254)299-6755
District
LA Vega ISD
County
McLennan County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
482628007035
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
549
Reduced-price lunch
4
Free or reduced-price lunch
55387.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in LA Vega ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Waco

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.