ALOE EL

Set in VICTORIA, Texas, ALOE EL is a small elementary-level community, run under VICTORIA ISD. It teaches 378 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

VICTORIA ISD comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 12,919 students; ALOE EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALOE EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ALOE EL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALOE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Victoria County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,896, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Victoria County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students), of which ALOE EL is one.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT FW GROSS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ALOE EL. On composite proficiency, ALOE EL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 20.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. ALOE EL's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 378). The White share of enrollment decreased from 44% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.