FAIN EL

FAIN EL, a small elementary school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, one of the schools within WICHITA FALLS ISD, serves 430 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within WICHITA FALLS ISD, which oversees 25 schools and 16,226 students, FAIN EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FAIN EL logs that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% multiracial. By comparison, Wichita County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FAIN EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.6%; this one comes in at 24.6%, -20.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Wichita County shows median household income runs about $63,524, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wichita County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students), FAIN EL is one campus in the mix.

SOUTHERN HILLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAIN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIN EL at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.