DILLEY EL

DILLEY EL, a cozy primary school in DILLEY, Texas, overseen by DILLEY ISD, instructs 402 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 3 schools in DILLEY ISD (841 students total), DILLEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DILLEY EL logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 4% White. By comparison, Frio County as a whole is about 78% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at DILLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DILLEY EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.3%; DILLEY EL posts 15.7%, -21.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Frio County shows median household income runs about $66,010, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Frio County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,792 students), DILLEY EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MARY HARPER MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DILLEY EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. DILLEY EL's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 402). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 90% to 95%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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