CLARKSTON EL

Located at 2915 WILLIAMSBURG, in TYLER, Texas, CLARKSTON EL is a close-knit elementary campus that serves 394 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of TYLER ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

TYLER ISD runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 18,708 students. CLARKSTON EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CLARKSTON EL logs that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CLARKSTON EL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Smith County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, CLARKSTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Smith County shows median household income runs about $74,192, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Smith County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), of which CLARKSTON EL is one.

UT TYLER UNIVERSITY ACADEMY AT TYLER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CLARKSTON EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARKSTON EL has edged up 11%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 21% across the same window.

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