ANN WHITNEY EL

Set in HAMILTON, Texas, ANN WHITNEY EL is a cozy primary school, run under HAMILTON ISD. It instructs 382 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ANN WHITNEY EL sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in HAMILTON ISD (823 students total), ANN WHITNEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ANN WHITNEY EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ANN WHITNEY EL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ANN WHITNEY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hamilton County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ANN WHITNEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.0%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hamilton County put the typical household earns roughly $58,219 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Hamilton County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,787 students), ANN WHITNEY EL is one campus in the mix.

HAMILTON J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ANN WHITNEY EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANN WHITNEY EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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