BISHOP EL

BISHOP EL is one of the small elementary-level communitys in EVERMAN, Texas, run under EVERMAN ISD, with 341 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BISHOP EL is one of 11 schools operated by EVERMAN ISD, a district that enrolls 5,018 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BISHOP EL shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at BISHOP EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, BISHOP EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which BISHOP EL is one.

HOMMEL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BISHOP EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BISHOP EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 34%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.