AUSTIN EL

Set in ENNIS, Texas, AUSTIN EL is a small elementary campus, operated by ENNIS ISD. It educates 394 students across grades 1 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 519.

Across the 12 schools in ENNIS ISD (6,646 students total), AUSTIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, AUSTIN EL records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at AUSTIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, AUSTIN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ellis County put median household income runs about $99,595, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. AUSTIN EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

The closest other public school is JACK LUMMUS INT, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUSTIN EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 40%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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