EXCELSIOR EL

Set in CENTER, Texas, EXCELSIOR EL is a minimally staffed elementary-level community, one of the schools within EXCELSIOR ISD. It enrolls 86 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so EXCELSIOR EL sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, EXCELSIOR EL answers to EXCELSIOR ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, EXCELSIOR EL reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EXCELSIOR EL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EXCELSIOR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at EXCELSIOR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Shelby County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, EXCELSIOR EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 51.0%; this one comes in at 25.8%, -25.2 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,776, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Shelby County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students), of which EXCELSIOR EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL, around 5.6 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXCELSIOR EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EXCELSIOR EL has ticked down 9%, going from 95 students in 2018 to 86 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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