COOLIDGE EL

As a minimally staffed primary school in COOLIDGE, Texas, COOLIDGE EL educates 147 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of COOLIDGE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in COOLIDGE ISD (287 students total), COOLIDGE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COOLIDGE EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting COOLIDGE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at COOLIDGE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Limestone County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, COOLIDGE EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 37.9%; actual is 59.9%, +22.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Limestone County indicate median household income runs about $60,573, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. COOLIDGE EL is one of 11 public schools in Limestone County (combined enrollment of about 3,628 students).

The closest other public school is COOLIDGE H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, COOLIDGE EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

COOLIDGE EL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COOLIDGE EL has decreased 10%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025.

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