Enrollment
124
Elementary
DISTRICT 117 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR ISD·NCES 481803009561
ECTOR EL
301 S MAIN, ECTOR, TX 75439 · (903) 961-2355 · Fannin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
69 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ECTOR EL→ECTOR H S
Based on grade levels within ECTOR ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 43.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
124
+15 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 10.2:1
% White
74%
was 93%
% Hispanic
16%
was 6%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ECTOR EL
Set in ECTOR, Texas, ECTOR EL is a tiny elementary-level community, part of ECTOR ISD. It teaches 124 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ECTOR EL sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.
Within ECTOR ISD, which oversees 2 schools and 234 students, ECTOR EL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ECTOR EL lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ECTOR EL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ECTOR EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ECTOR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 39.0%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fannin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,295, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fannin County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,573 students), of which ECTOR EL is one.
ECTOR H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ECTOR EL. On composite proficiency, ECTOR EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 109 students in 2018 compared to 124 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 93% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.
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Fannin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,326
Census ACS
Median income
$72,295
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
5,573 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ECTOR H S0.0 mi · 110
- BONHAM H S4.8 mi · 591
- SAVOY H S4.9 mi · 128
- FINLEY-OATES EL5.1 mi · 559
- RATHER L H5.4 mi · 271
- EVANS EL5.5 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About ECTOR ELHow large is ECTOR EL?
ECTOR EL enrolls approximately 124 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ECTOR EL serve?
ECTOR EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ECTOR EL have?
ECTOR EL employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is ECTOR EL?
ECTOR EL reports a student body of 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees ECTOR EL?
ECTOR EL is overseen by ECTOR ISD in Fannin County.
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