COLBERT EL

COLBERT EL is a low-enrollment elementary school in DAYTON, Texas, overseen by DAYTON ISD. The school serves 231 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

DAYTON ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 5,675 students; COLBERT EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, COLBERT EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% White, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Liberty County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,703, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. COLBERT EL is one of 41 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students).

Nearest neighbor: FREDDA NOTTINGHAM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLBERT EL.

COLBERT EL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. COLBERT EL's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 220 (now 231). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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