BARBARA FASKEN EL

Set in MIDLAND, Texas, BARBARA FASKEN EL is a large elementary campus, overseen by MIDLAND ISD. It works with 909 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 75% above typical.

MIDLAND ISD runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 29,651 students. BARBARA FASKEN EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BARBARA FASKEN EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

On the income-and-resources front, BARBARA FASKEN EL shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARBARA FASKEN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 57.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Midland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,874 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. BARBARA FASKEN EL is one of 52 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students).

GREATHOUSE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BARBARA FASKEN EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. BARBARA FASKEN EL's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 755 (now 909). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 60% to 68% over that span.

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