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DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in ENNIS, Texas, part of ENNIS ISD, caters to 479 students in grades pre-K through K.
Within ENNIS ISD, which oversees 12 schools and 6,646 students, DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one campus in the system.
On demographics, DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 26% White, 10% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Ellis County's rate of about 51%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one.
The closest other public school is DORIE MILLER INT, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVID S CROCKETT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has grew 15%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.
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