ANDERSON-SHIRO EL

ANDERSON-SHIRO EL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in ANDERSON, Texas, operated by ANDERSON-SHIRO CISD, serveing 458 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 2 schools in ANDERSON-SHIRO CISD (979 students total), ANDERSON-SHIRO EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ANDERSON-SHIRO EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, ANDERSON-SHIRO EL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Grimes County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ANDERSON-SHIRO EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 60.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Grimes County shows median household earnings sit near $69,803, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Grimes County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students), of which ANDERSON-SHIRO EL is one.

The closest other public school is ANDERSON-SHIRO JR/SR H S, roughly 0.6 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ANDERSON-SHIRO EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.

ANDERSON-SHIRO EL operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. ANDERSON-SHIRO EL's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 458). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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