DEKALB EL

As a cozy elementary school in DEKALB, Texas, DEKALB EL serves 351 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of DEKALB ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so DEKALB EL sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

DEKALB ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 898 students; DEKALB EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, DEKALB EL shows that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Bowie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DEKALB EL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DEKALB EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEKALB EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of +11.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bowie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,803 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Bowie County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), of which DEKALB EL is one.

The closest other public school is DEKALB H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around DEKALB EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEKALB EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 68% across the same window.

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