ELKHART INT

ELKHART INT is an elementary school of compact scale in ELKHART, Texas, run under ELKHART ISD, teacheing 246 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 519.

ELKHART ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,187 students; ELKHART INT is among them.

On the student-mix side, ELKHART INT shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ELKHART INT records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Anderson County (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ELKHART INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Anderson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,068 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Anderson County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students), of which ELKHART INT is one.

ELKHART EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ELKHART INT comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 237 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.