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FULTON EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FULTON EL
FULTON EL operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in FULTON, Texas, one of the schools within ROCKPORT-FULTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 619 students spanning grades 3 through 5.
Across the 4 schools in ROCKPORT-FULTON ISD (2,913 students total), FULTON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, FULTON EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 43% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Aransas County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FULTON EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at FULTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FULTON EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.1%; FULTON EL posts 27.8%, -17.3 points below that line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Aransas County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,466, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FULTON EL is one of 4 public schools in Aransas County (combined enrollment of about 2,913 students).
ROCKPORT-FULTON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around FULTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FULTON EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Over the past 7-year window. FULTON EL's enrollment has grew 66% since 2018, when it stood at 374 (now 619). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 51% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
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