DEZAVALA EL

DEZAVALA EL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in SAN MARCOS, Texas, operated by SAN MARCOS CISD, caters to 584 students, covering grades K through 5.

DEZAVALA EL is one of 12 schools operated by SAN MARCOS CISD, a district that teaches 8,222 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEZAVALA EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest reads as 10% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at DEZAVALA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hays County (around 46%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DEZAVALA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the broader community, Hays County reports that median household income runs about $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. DEZAVALA EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAMAR - PHOENIX ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEZAVALA EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

DEZAVALA EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. DEZAVALA EL's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 584). White enrollment moved from 16% to 10% across the same window.

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