Prekindergarten · Regular · Grades PK

Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy, Temple, TX

CEP schoolMeridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy is a public prekindergarten school in Temple, part of Temple ISD. It enrolled 487 students in 2024-25, with 19.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "MERIDITH-DUNBAR EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 487
Teachers (FTE): 25.0
Students per teacher: 19.5
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 4.9 higher than the district figure of 14.6. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.5

District14.6

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1717 E Ave J, Temple, TX 76504
Phone: (254)215-6700
District: Temple ISD
County: Bell County
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 484233004815

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 418
Reduced-price lunch: 3
Free or reduced-price lunch: 42186.4% 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.

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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.