CENTRAL EL

As an average-sized elementary school in MABANK, Texas, CENTRAL EL teaches 723 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by MABANK ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CENTRAL EL sits 39% above that benchmark.

MABANK ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,118 students; CENTRAL EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, CENTRAL EL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CENTRAL EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kaufman County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTRAL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kaufman County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), CENTRAL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MABANK INT, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL EL has climbed 15%, going from 627 students in 2018 to 723 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 73% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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