BROOK AVENUE EL

BROOK AVENUE EL operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in WACO, Texas, one of the schools within WACO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 31% leaner than typical.

BROOK AVENUE EL is one of 24 schools operated by WACO ISD, a district that hosts 13,476 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BROOK AVENUE EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 46% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at BROOK AVENUE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McLennan County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BROOK AVENUE EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 31.2%; actual is 14.2%, a gap of -17.0 points.

In the broader community, McLennan County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,643, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BROOK AVENUE EL is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).

METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. BROOK AVENUE EL's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 356). Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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