CANNON EL

Set in GRAPEVINE, Texas, CANNON EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD. It instructs 465 students across grades pre-K through 5.

CANNON EL is one of 20 schools operated by GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD, a district that enrolls 13,541 students overall.

Demographically, CANNON EL records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CANNON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), CANNON EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GRAPEVINE MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANNON EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANNON EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANNON EL has declined 20%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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