BLAND EL

BLAND EL, a compact K-5 school in CELESTE, Texas, overseen by BLAND ISD, instructs 392 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

BLAND EL is one of 3 schools operated by BLAND ISD, a district that serves 777 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BLAND EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 47% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BLAND EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at BLAND EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hunt County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLAND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Hunt County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,938 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. BLAND EL is one of 45 public schools in Hunt County (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students).

The closest other public school is BLAND MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BLAND EL. On composite proficiency, BLAND EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 63% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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