CALLISBURG EL

As an average-sized K-5 school in GAINESVILLE, Texas, CALLISBURG EL caters to 531 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by CALLISBURG ISD.

CALLISBURG EL is one of 4 schools operated by CALLISBURG ISD, a district that teaches 1,151 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CALLISBURG EL records that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Cooke County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at CALLISBURG EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CALLISBURG EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 53.5%; this one comes in at 37.1%, -16.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Cooke County shows median household income runs about $73,932, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cooke County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,986 students), of which CALLISBURG EL is one.

The closest other public school is LONE STAR H S NORTH (TJJD), roughly 4.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, CALLISBURG EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

CALLISBURG EL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. CALLISBURG EL's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 531). White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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