ABERNATHY EL

ABERNATHY EL, a low-enrollment elementary campus in ABERNATHY, Texas, part of ABERNATHY ISD, works with 400 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 519.

ABERNATHY ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 808 students. ABERNATHY EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ABERNATHY EL records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 49% Hispanic. Compared to Hale County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at ABERNATHY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Hale County's rate of about 73%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ABERNATHY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Hale County shows median household income runs about $51,897, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hale County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,064 students), of which ABERNATHY EL is one.

ABERNATHY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ABERNATHY EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 13%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 38% to 49%.

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