CAYUGA EL

CAYUGA EL is a low-enrollment elementary school in TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas, one of the schools within CAYUGA ISD. The school serves 263 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

CAYUGA ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 577 students; CAYUGA EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAYUGA EL shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CAYUGA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anderson County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAYUGA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 42.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Anderson County put the typical household earns roughly $62,068 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Anderson County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students), of which CAYUGA EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CAYUGA H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CAYUGA EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAYUGA EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CAYUGA EL has stayed largely flat, going from 262 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 86% to 78%.

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