BLUEBONNET EL

BLUEBONNET EL is a mid-sized primary school in LOCKHART, Texas, one of the schools within LOCKHART ISD. The school hosts 614 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in LOCKHART ISD (6,753 students total), BLUEBONNET EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLUEBONNET EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). The remainder is composed of 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BLUEBONNET EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at BLUEBONNET EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLUEBONNET EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.3%; this one delivers 34.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Caldwell County indicate median household income runs about $69,758, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caldwell County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,286 students), of which BLUEBONNET EL is one.

The closest other public school is LOCKHART J H, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLUEBONNET EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BLUEBONNET EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. BLUEBONNET EL's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 579 (now 614). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 77% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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