FARIAS-SPITZER EL

Located at 1475 STATE HWY 46S, in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, FARIAS-SPITZER EL is a medium-sized K-5 school that hosts 588 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by COMAL ISD.

FARIAS-SPITZER EL is one of 37 schools operated by COMAL ISD, a district that caters to 29,839 students overall.

On demographics, FARIAS-SPITZER EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FARIAS-SPITZER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.7%; this one delivers 51.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Guadalupe County indicate median household income runs about $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Guadalupe County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), FARIAS-SPITZER EL is one campus in the mix.

CLEAR SPRING EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FARIAS-SPITZER EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.9%.

FARIAS-SPITZER EL operates from an urban location.

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