BLANCO VISTA EL

BLANCO VISTA EL, a roomy elementary campus in SAN MARCOS, Texas, run under HAYS CISD, caters to 787 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 27 schools in HAYS CISD (24,330 students total), BLANCO VISTA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BLANCO VISTA EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, BLANCO VISTA EL records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BLANCO VISTA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 49.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Hays County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. BLANCO VISTA EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

TOBIAS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLANCO VISTA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BLANCO VISTA EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

BLANCO VISTA EL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. BLANCO VISTA EL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 815 (now 787).

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