BUFFALO GAP EL

Located at 665 VINE ST, in BUFFALO GAP, Texas, BUFFALO GAP EL is a modestly sized elementary campus that teaches 224 students (grades pre-K through 3), one of the schools within JIM NED CISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BUFFALO GAP EL sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in JIM NED CISD (1,639 students total), BUFFALO GAP EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BUFFALO GAP EL logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, BUFFALO GAP EL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Taylor County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BUFFALO GAP EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.7%; this one delivers 69.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Taylor County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,139 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which BUFFALO GAP EL is one.

JIM NED INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around BUFFALO GAP EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BUFFALO GAP EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUFFALO GAP EL has shrank 32%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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