CATHELENE THOMAS EL

Located at 615 W LUBBOCK ST, in SLATON, Texas, CATHELENE THOMAS EL is a cozy elementary campus that enrolls 435 students (grades 1 through 5), part of SLATON ISD.

SLATON ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,271 students. CATHELENE THOMAS EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CATHELENE THOMAS EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder is composed of 29% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CATHELENE THOMAS EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at CATHELENE THOMAS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CATHELENE THOMAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lubbock County) reports that median household income runs about $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), CATHELENE THOMAS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SLATON J H, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CATHELENE THOMAS EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CATHELENE THOMAS EL's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 435).

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