A G ELDER EL

As a medium-sized K-5 school in JOSHUA, Texas, A G ELDER EL hosts 670 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within JOSHUA ISD. That puts it 29% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

JOSHUA ISD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,026 students. A G ELDER EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, A G ELDER EL reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 46% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, A G ELDER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.3%; this one delivers 62.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Johnson County) records that median household income runs about $84,859, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which A G ELDER EL is one.

JOSHUA H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A G ELDER EL. On composite proficiency, A G ELDER EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 27%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.