BANQUETE EL

As a cozy elementary-level community in BANQUETE, Texas, BANQUETE EL caters to 336 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by BANQUETE ISD. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within BANQUETE ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 744 students, BANQUETE EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BANQUETE EL shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 16% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, BANQUETE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of -10.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Nueces County shows median household income runs about $66,897, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), BANQUETE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BANQUETE J H, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BANQUETE EL. On composite proficiency, BANQUETE EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BANQUETE EL's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 336). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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