CLARA LOVE EL

CLARA LOVE EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in JUSTIN, Texas, part of NORTHWEST ISD. The school teaches 648 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

NORTHWEST ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 32,098 students. CLARA LOVE EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CLARA LOVE EL records that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CLARA LOVE EL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Denton County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLARA LOVE EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.6%; this one comes in at 36.7%, -15.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), CLARA LOVE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ALAN AND ANDRA PERRIN EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLARA LOVE EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. CLARA LOVE EL's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 614 (now 648). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 39%.

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