FREDERICKSBURG EL

FREDERICKSBURG EL is a reasonably sized elementary school in FREDERICKSBURG, Texas, one of the schools within FREDERICKSBURG ISD. The school enrolls 765 students in grades 2 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Within FREDERICKSBURG ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,030 students, FREDERICKSBURG EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, FREDERICKSBURG EL records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 42% White. By comparison, Gillespie County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, FREDERICKSBURG EL shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREDERICKSBURG EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gillespie County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,162, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Gillespie County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,641 students), FREDERICKSBURG EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FREDERICKSBURG MIDDLE, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FREDERICKSBURG EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

FREDERICKSBURG EL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FREDERICKSBURG EL has decreased 11%, going from 858 students in 2018 to 765 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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