BLESSING EL

As a compact primary school in BLESSING, Texas, BLESSING EL enrolls 279 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under TIDEHAVEN ISD. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

TIDEHAVEN ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,065 students; BLESSING EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLESSING EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest looks like 33% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BLESSING EL logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLESSING EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.5%; BLESSING EL posts 61.9%, +16.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Matagorda County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,628 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. BLESSING EL is one of 18 public schools in Matagorda County (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students).

TIDEHAVEN H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLESSING EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025.

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