ALVARADO EL-SOUTH

ALVARADO EL-SOUTH is a K-5 school of compact scale in ALVARADO, Texas, operated by ALVARADO ISD, serveing 386 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

ALVARADO EL-SOUTH is one of 6 schools operated by ALVARADO ISD, a district that serves 3,788 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ALVARADO EL-SOUTH records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest is composed of 35% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ALVARADO EL-SOUTH is one of 77 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students).

ALVARADO INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around ALVARADO EL-SOUTH.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ALVARADO EL-SOUTH's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 386). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 42% to 56%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.