Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Ponder Elementary, Ponder, TX

Ponder Elementary is a public elementary school in Ponder, part of Ponder ISD. It enrolled 773 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PONDER EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 773
Teachers (FTE): 51.0
Students per teacher: 15.2
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.4 higher than the district figure of 13.8. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2

District13.8

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 401 W Bailey, Ponder, TX 76259
Phone: (940)479-8320
District: Ponder ISD
County: Denton County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Distant
NCES school ID: 483531003991

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 274
Reduced-price lunch: 76
Free or reduced-price lunch: 35045.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

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.