BURGESS EL

BURGESS EL, a close-knit K-5 school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, part of WICHITA FALLS ISD, caters to 345 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BURGESS EL sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

BURGESS EL is one of 25 schools operated by WICHITA FALLS ISD, a district that serves 16,226 students overall.

Demographically, BURGESS EL reports that the most-represented group is Black (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Wichita County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BURGESS EL logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BURGESS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -11.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wichita County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,524 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Wichita County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students), BURGESS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIRSCHI MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BURGESS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.0%.

BURGESS EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. BURGESS EL's enrollment has rose 22% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 345). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 37% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the BURGESS EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.