CARTHAGE PRI

Set in CARTHAGE, Texas, CARTHAGE PRI is a medium-sized elementary school, run under CARTHAGE ISD. It works with 513 students across grades pre-K through 1.

Within CARTHAGE ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,637 students, CARTHAGE PRI is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CARTHAGE PRI records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CARTHAGE PRI higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Panola County's rate of about 51%.

Zooming out to the county, Panola County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,894 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Panola County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,884 students), of which CARTHAGE PRI is one.

Nearest neighbor: LIBBY EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025.

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