EDWARD B CANNAN EL

Set in WILLIS, Texas, EDWARD B CANNAN EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within WILLIS ISD. It caters to 714 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within WILLIS ISD, which oversees 12 schools and 9,313 students, EDWARD B CANNAN EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EDWARD B CANNAN EL logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 37% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, EDWARD B CANNAN EL reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at EDWARD B CANNAN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EDWARD B CANNAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which EDWARD B CANNAN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOLS - WILLIS CAMPUS, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDWARD B CANNAN EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.3%.

EDWARD B CANNAN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. EDWARD B CANNAN EL's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 714). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 49% to 59%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.