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A B MCBAY EL
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About A B MCBAY EL
A B MCBAY EL is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in MEXIA, Texas, one of the schools within MEXIA ISD, teacheing 498 students in grades pre-K through 2.
A B MCBAY EL is one of 5 schools operated by MEXIA ISD, a district that serves 1,846 students overall.
On demographics, A B MCBAY EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 21% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
In terms of school funding signals, A B MCBAY EL logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Limestone County's rate of about 74%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Limestone County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,573 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Limestone County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,628 students), of which A B MCBAY EL is one.
R Q SIMS INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around A B MCBAY EL.
A B MCBAY EL operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. A B MCBAY EL's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 498). The White share of enrollment fell from 28% to 21% over that span.
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- R Q SIMS INTElementary · 428 students
- MEXIA J HMiddle · 367 students
- DEVELOPMENTAL CTRMiddle · 18 students
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