DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE

As a small elementary-level community in DRISCOLL, Texas, DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE serves 289 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under DRISCOLL ISD. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE is one of 10 schools operated by DRISCOLL ISD, a district that enrolls 439 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE records that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Nueces County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 50.5%, a residual of +17.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nueces County) records that median household income runs about $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BISHOP H S, around 6.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, DRISCOLL EL & MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.