T. L. Waggoner Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Imperial, California, T. L. Waggoner Elementary enrolls 613 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Imperial Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Within Imperial Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 4,794 students, T. L. Waggoner Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, T. L. Waggoner Elementary shows that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% White.

On the resource side, On paper, T. L. Waggoner Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at T. L. Waggoner Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Imperial County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, T. L. Waggoner Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Imperial County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,681 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which T. L. Waggoner Elementary is one.

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, T. L. Waggoner Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. T. L. Waggoner Elementary's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 866 (now 613). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 86% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for T. L. Waggoner Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.