CLIFT EL

CLIFT EL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, run under WAXAHACHIE ISD, caters to 449 students in grades K through 5.

WAXAHACHIE ISD runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,196 students. CLIFT EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CLIFT EL reports that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 22% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CLIFT EL logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CLIFT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at CLIFT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CLIFT EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.7%; actual is 29.4%, a gap of -15.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ellis County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which CLIFT EL is one.

TURNER PREKINDERGARTEN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CLIFT EL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLIFT EL has edged up 20%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 42% to 22% over that span.

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