CALDWELL EL

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in CALDWELL, Texas, CALDWELL EL educates 641 students from grades pre-K through 3, operated by CALDWELL ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CALDWELL EL sits 24% above that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in CALDWELL ISD (1,952 students total), CALDWELL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, CALDWELL EL shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CALDWELL EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CALDWELL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Burleson County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,000, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burleson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,128 students), of which CALDWELL EL is one.

CALDWELL INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALDWELL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. CALDWELL EL's enrollment has increased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 641). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 13% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.