DR BRUCE WOOD EL

Set in TERRELL, Texas, DR BRUCE WOOD EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, part of TERRELL ISD. It teaches 655 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so DR BRUCE WOOD EL sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Within TERRELL ISD, which oversees 9 schools and 5,283 students, DR BRUCE WOOD EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, DR BRUCE WOOD EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kaufman County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DR BRUCE WOOD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Kaufman County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DR BRUCE WOOD EL is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

Nearest neighbor: TERRELL H S, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DR BRUCE WOOD EL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 44% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.