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CLEARFORK EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CLEARFORK EL
CLEARFORK EL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in ANDREWS, Texas, one of the schools within ANDREWS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 721 students spanning grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
CLEARFORK EL is one of 6 schools operated by ANDREWS ISD, a district that serves 4,209 students overall.
On the student-mix side, CLEARFORK EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at CLEARFORK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Andrews County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,242 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Andrews County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,209 students), CLEARFORK EL is one campus in the mix.
ANDREWS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around CLEARFORK EL.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. CLEARFORK EL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 785 (now 721). Hispanic enrollment moved from 69% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.
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