CASTROVILLE EL

CASTROVILLE EL is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in CASTROVILLE, Texas, part of MEDINA VALLEY ISD, caters to 600 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within MEDINA VALLEY ISD, which oversees 9 schools and 9,638 students, CASTROVILLE EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CASTROVILLE EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CASTROVILLE EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CASTROVILLE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Medina County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,074 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Medina County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,127 students), of which CASTROVILLE EL is one.

MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CASTROVILLE EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 600 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 47% to 33%.

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