AKIN EL

Located at N AVE K, in HALE CENTER, Texas, AKIN EL is a tight-knit K-5 school that caters to 226 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within HALE CENTER ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so AKIN EL sits 56% below that benchmark.

HALE CENTER ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 561 students. AKIN EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AKIN EL reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, AKIN EL shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at AKIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hale County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, AKIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 34.8%.

Across the wider county, Hale County reports that median household income runs about $51,897, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Hale County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,064 students), AKIN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARR MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, AKIN EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

AKIN EL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 72% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.