FANNINDEL EL

FANNINDEL EL operates as a minimally staffed primary school in PECAN GAP, Texas, run under FANNINDEL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 91 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 82% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

FANNINDEL ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 141 students; FANNINDEL EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, FANNINDEL EL lists that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Black, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Delta County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delta County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FANNINDEL EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.4%; this one comes in at 13.9%, -24.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Delta County put median household earnings sit near $66,575, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. FANNINDEL EL is one of 4 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 994 students).

The closest other public school is FANNINDEL H S, roughly 5.6 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FANNINDEL EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. FANNINDEL EL's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 87 (now 91). White enrollment moved from 56% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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