GARRISON EL

GARRISON EL is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in GARRISON, Texas, one of the schools within GARRISON ISD, with 346 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GARRISON EL sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

GARRISON ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 736 students. GARRISON EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARRISON EL records that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GARRISON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GARRISON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Nacogdoches County put median household earnings sit near $53,555, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Nacogdoches County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,396 students), GARRISON EL is one campus in the mix.

GARRISON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GARRISON EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. GARRISON EL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 346). White enrollment moved from 68% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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