CLARENDON EL

CLARENDON EL is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in CLARENDON, Texas, overseen by CLARENDON ISD, works with 204 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CLARENDON ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 401 students. CLARENDON EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CLARENDON EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Donley County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CLARENDON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, CLARENDON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Donley County) reports that median household earnings sit near $58,750, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Donley County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 496 students), of which CLARENDON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLARENDON J H, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CLARENDON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLARENDON EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CLARENDON EL's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 239 (now 204). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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