COMFORT EL

Located at 605 3RD ST, in COMFORT, Texas, COMFORT EL is a mid-tier K-5 school that serves 472 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under COMFORT ISD.

COMFORT ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,072 students. COMFORT EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, COMFORT EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 33% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting COMFORT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at COMFORT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kendall County runs at roughly 24%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, COMFORT EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.9%; actual is 23.1%, a gap of -23.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kendall County) shows that median household income runs about $114,962, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COMFORT EL is one of 17 public schools in Kendall County (combined enrollment of about 10,640 students).

Nearest neighbor: COMFORT MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMFORT EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 515 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.