CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY

CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in TYLER, Texas, one of the schools within TYLER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 618 students spanning grades K through 8.

CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY is one of 26 schools operated by TYLER ISD, a district that teaches 18,708 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 34% White, 20% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Smith County's rate of about 64%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.1%; CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY posts 72.0%, +19.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Smith County put median household income runs about $74,192, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Smith County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), of which CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY is one.

BONNER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 618). Black enrollment moved from 41% to 20% across the same window.

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