DOSS EL

DOSS EL operates as a minimally staffed elementary-level community in DOSS, Texas, run under DOSS CONSOLIDATED CSD. Current enrollment sits at 20 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so DOSS EL sits 96% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, DOSS EL answers to DOSS CONSOLIDATED CSD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, DOSS EL logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Gillespie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, DOSS EL has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gillespie County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,162, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Gillespie County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,641 students), DOSS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARPER EL, roughly 11.9 miles away.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 25 students in 2018 compared to 20 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 20% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 today.

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