Welder Elementary
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 2 · Sinton, Texas
Welder Elementary in Sinton, Texas enrolled 520 students in 2024-25 with 32.4 full-time teachers, 16.1 students per teacher against the Texas elementary-school median of 14.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 9% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 13%
574 students in 2022-23, 557 students in 2023-24, 520 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 37.1 to 32.4.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 574 | 37.1 | 15.5 |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 34.9 | 15.9 |
| 2024-25 | 520 | 32.4 | 16.1 |
16.1 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 73 of every 100 Texas elementary schools
Among the 4,584 Texas elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.8; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 556 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Welder Elementary enrolled 556 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 556 of the 556 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent18.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
86.2% of students were Hispanic, 13.1% White, 0.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Hispanic86.2%
- White13.1%
- Two or more races0.6%
- Asian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Sinton
2 public elementary schools in Sinton report 2024-25 enrollment; Welder Elementary is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welder Elementary | 520 | 16.1 | 71.0% |
| Sinton Elementary | 458 | 14.6 | 66.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Welder Elementary
- Sinton ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.6 miles away: 458 students, 14.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Woodroe Petty ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 7.8 miles away: 390 students, 15.5 per teacher (2024-25).7.8 mi
- Compare Welder Elementary with Sinton ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Sinton ISD spends per student$13,283 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,283
- The largest public schools in TexasWelder Elementary is the number 2,257 by size of 4,615 Texas elementary schools open in 2024-25.#2,257 of 4,615
- Texas schools by students per teacher16.1 students per teacher here against the Texas median of 14.8 for elementary schools.16.1:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Welder Elementary
How many students attend Welder Elementary?
520 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 574 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Sinton, TX.What is the student-teacher ratio at Welder Elementary?
16.1 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Texas median for elementary schools is 14.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Welder Elementary a Title I school?
Welder Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Welder Elementary in?
Sinton ISD, NCES district ID 4840350. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 484035004570 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.