DOUGLAS EL

DOUGLAS EL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in TYLER, Texas, operated by TYLER ISD, with 591 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within TYLER ISD, which oversees 26 schools and 18,708 students, DOUGLAS EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, DOUGLAS EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Smith County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, DOUGLAS EL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DOUGLAS EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at DOUGLAS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Smith County's rate of about 64%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOUGLAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 30.4%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the broader community, Smith County reports that median household income runs about $74,192, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Smith County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), DOUGLAS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRIFFIN EL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DOUGLAS EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOUGLAS EL has edged up 5%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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