DETROIT EL

DETROIT EL is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in DETROIT, Texas, overseen by DETROIT ISD, with 222 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 519.

DETROIT EL is one of 3 schools operated by DETROIT ISD, a district that caters to 488 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DETROIT EL records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Red River County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DETROIT EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.8%; DETROIT EL posts 27.9%, -16.9 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Red River County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,491 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Red River County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,125 students), of which DETROIT EL is one.

DETROIT J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DETROIT EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DETROIT EL has ticked down 19%, going from 274 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the DETROIT EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.