BLANTON EL

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in LANTANA, Texas, BLANTON EL teaches 470 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by DENTON ISD.

BLANTON EL is one of 46 schools operated by DENTON ISD, a district that caters to 33,329 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BLANTON EL logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, BLANTON EL logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BLANTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.2%, the actual is 67.9%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. BLANTON EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

HARPOOL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLANTON EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BLANTON EL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 470). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 83% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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