BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL

As a low-enrollment primary school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL hosts 377 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within WICHITA FALLS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 519.

WICHITA FALLS ISD runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,226 students. BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL lists that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic, 16% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wichita County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.1%; actual is 17.2%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wichita County indicate median household income runs about $63,524, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL is one of 53 public schools in Wichita County (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: WICHITA CO JJAEP, around 1.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOOKER T WASHINGTON EL.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 32%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 56% to 46%. Class-load math has rose: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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