COGGIN EL

COGGIN EL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in BROWNWOOD, Texas, one of the schools within BROWNWOOD ISD, with 708 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BROWNWOOD ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,393 students. COGGIN EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, COGGIN EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 44% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting COGGIN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Brown County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, COGGIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brown County put median household earnings sit near $57,470, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Brown County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students), COGGIN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LONE STAR H S WEST (TJJD), around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COGGIN EL. On composite proficiency, COGGIN EL comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

COGGIN EL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. COGGIN EL's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 828 (now 708). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 39% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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