FRIONA EL

FRIONA EL is one of the cozy elementary campuss in FRIONA, Texas, part of FRIONA ISD, with 283 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FRIONA EL sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

FRIONA ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,016 students. FRIONA EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FRIONA EL reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% White. By comparison, Parmer County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Parmer County's rate of about 73%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRIONA EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.9%; this one comes in at 15.3%, -22.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Parmer County put median household earnings sit near $69,735, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Parmer County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,164 students), FRIONA EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FRIONA PRI, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around FRIONA EL. On composite proficiency, FRIONA EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRIONA EL has fell 13%, going from 327 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 89% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.