CROCKETT EL

CROCKETT EL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in SAN MARCOS, Texas, run under SAN MARCOS CISD, with 477 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

SAN MARCOS CISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,222 students; CROCKETT EL is among them.

On demographics, CROCKETT EL logs that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CROCKETT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CROCKETT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hays County put the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), CROCKETT EL is one campus in the mix.

HERNANDEZ EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROCKETT EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.2%.

CROCKETT EL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CROCKETT EL has ticked down 24%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 47% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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