ANNIE SIMS EL

ANNIE SIMS EL is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, overseen by MOUNT PLEASANT ISD, with 508 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Within MOUNT PLEASANT ISD, which oversees 9 schools and 5,153 students, ANNIE SIMS EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ANNIE SIMS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 24% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 45% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ANNIE SIMS EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ANNIE SIMS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at ANNIE SIMS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, ANNIE SIMS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.3%; actual is 59.0%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Titus County put median household income runs about $58,425, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. ANNIE SIMS EL is one of 15 public schools in Titus County (combined enrollment of about 6,972 students).

P E WALLACE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANNIE SIMS EL. On composite proficiency, ANNIE SIMS EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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