CHILDRESS EL

CHILDRESS EL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in CHILDRESS, Texas, part of CHILDRESS ISD, works with 447 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within CHILDRESS ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 978 students, CHILDRESS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CHILDRESS EL records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Childress County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHILDRESS EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CHILDRESS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at CHILDRESS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHILDRESS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Childress County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,654 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Childress County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 978 students), of which CHILDRESS EL is one.

CHILDRESS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CHILDRESS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHILDRESS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.2%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHILDRESS EL has decreased 20%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025.

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