AMELIA EL

Set in BEAUMONT, Texas, AMELIA EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, run under BEAUMONT ISD. It works with 528 students across grades pre-K through 5.

BEAUMONT ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 16,336 students; AMELIA EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, AMELIA EL records that Black students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 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. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AMELIA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 25.4%, a residual of -9.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which AMELIA EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VINCENT MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AMELIA EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMELIA EL has fell 31%, going from 767 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 64% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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