DENA KELSO GRAVES EL

DENA KELSO GRAVES EL, an average-sized K-5 school in EAGLE PASS, Texas, one of the schools within EAGLE PASS ISD, caters to 516 students, covering grades 1 through 6.

EAGLE PASS ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,820 students. DENA KELSO GRAVES EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DENA KELSO GRAVES EL reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DENA KELSO GRAVES EL logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DENA KELSO GRAVES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Maverick County indicate median household income runs about $49,568, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Maverick County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,820 students), DENA KELSO GRAVES EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DENA KELSO GRAVES EL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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