FANNIN EL

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in CORSICANA, Texas, FANNIN EL works with 376 students from grades K through 4, operated by CORSICANA ISD. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FANNIN EL is one of 8 schools operated by CORSICANA ISD, a district that instructs 5,998 students overall.

On demographics, FANNIN EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Navarro County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FANNIN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Navarro County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,111 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Navarro County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students), of which FANNIN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLLINS INT, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FANNIN EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. FANNIN EL's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 376). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 45% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the FANNIN EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.